Cockle Park Tower
| Cockle Park Tower | |
|---|---|
| Northumberland, England | |
 Cockle Park Tower from the southwest | |
  Cockle Park Tower Location in Northumberland | |
| Coordinates | 55°12′47″N 1°41′02″W / 55.213°N 1.684°WCoordinates: 55°12′47″N 1°41′02″W / 55.213°N 1.684°W |
| Grid reference | NZ202910 |
Cockle Park Tower is a Grade 1 listed building[1] in the hamlet of Cockle Park, Northumberland, England, some 4 miles (6 km) to the north of Morpeth.
This three-storied tower-house was built in the 15th century as a hunting lodge and later extended by the addition of a domestic building. One end of the building has a pair of machiolated bartisans with a stretch of machicolation along the wallhead between them.[1][2]
The tower was used as a students' hostel until the mid-1970s, at which time major structural problems became apparent. Newcastle University is planning[when?] to develop the tower as part of the overall development of their Cockle Park farm estate into the Centre for Renewable Energy from Land (CREEL).[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Historic England. "Cockle Park Tower (1042088)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 211. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3.
- ^ Bilsborrow, Paul. "Centre for Renewable Energy from Land (CREEL)" (PDF). Newcastle University. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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