High Shaw Bastle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1953. Bastlehouse.
High Shaw Bastle
- WRENN ID
- floating-marble-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1953
- Type
- Bastlehouse
- Address
- High Shaw Bastle, Hepple
- OS grid reference
- NY 935 982
- Coordinates
- 55.27836, -2.10258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Shaw Bastle is a bastle house dating from the 16th century or early 17th century, constructed of massive coursed rubble. The building measures approximately 40 feet by 24 feet and stands about 12 feet high, with only the ground floor remaining intact. The ground-floor doorway is located in the east gable end and features a chamfered alternating-block surround with a relieving arch above. Notably, this bastle is unique for having a chamfered string course above the ground floor. There is also a triangular opening in the east end, likely a gun loop.
Inside, the walls are about 64 inches thick, and the interior features a segmental tunnel vault with a ladder hole that is only about 12 inches square. The doorway is rebated and includes drawbar holes. In the west wall, there is a roughly-made recess with a vertical shaft within the wall thickness and a well-dressed triangular opening, which may also serve as a gun loop, similar to the one found on the exterior.
Local climate
High Shaw Bastle receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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