Little Harle Tower
| Little Harle Tower | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY995845 |
| Location: | 55°9’18"N, 2°-0’32"W |
| History | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Little Harle Tower is a privately owned country house with 15th-century origins, at Little Harle, Kirkwhelpington in Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
The property, believed to have been built in the late 15th century as a pele tower, was first recorded in a survey of 1541.[1]
Until 1552 it was the property of the Fenwick family, from whom it passed to the Aynsleys.[2] During the early years of the 19th century Harle Tower was inhabited by Lord Charles Murray-Aynsley and his wife Alicia, née Mitford. In about 1848 it was purchased by Thomas Anderson of Newcastle (High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1843),[3] and his descendants remain in residence.
The house incorporates a three-storey tower of mediæval origins. The central two-storey block of five bays dates from the early 18th century.[4] Substantial additions were made in the Gothic Revival style in about 1862, but much of the 19th-century work has not survived a remodelling of the property in 1980.[5]
In 2005 the east wing was occupied by the Turnbulls and in 2010 by the Rogers family. As of 2013, it was the home of the Anderson family.
The 19th-century stable block is a Grade II* listed building.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keys to the Past
- ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1 John Burke (1835) p 588
- ↑ A Topographical Dictionary Of England (1848)
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (239604) Little Harle Tower
- ↑ Structures of the North East
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (239606) Stable block