Structure Name: Ninebanks Tower

Description:
 

Roughly square four storey tower, now a roofless shell, with a stair turret on the northwest corner. The exterior measures 3.6m by 4m at ground level, with walls c.60cm thick. The later top floor oversails the rest of the tower slightly and would have been capped by a parapet. The tower was built onto the east side of an earlier manor house or tower, which is no longer standing.

An element of defaced heraldry above the tower's second floor window is said to be related to Sir Thomas Dacre, who ruled Hexhamshire between 1515 and 1526.
 

Extant: Yes

Legal Status: Listed Building Grade II*, Scheduled Ancient Monument

Location: Ninebanks, NORTHUMBERLAND

Eastings: 378200m (view map)

Northings: 553200m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 10m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Structure Types Identified: MANOR HOUSE, TOWER

Chronology:

• EARLY 16TH CENTURY   Tower built onto east gable end of earlier manor house.
• LATE 16TH CENTURY   Tower heightened. Stair turret added.

References:

• Images of England
• Keys To The Past
• Northumberland SMR
• Pevsner, N., Richmond, I., Grundy, J., McCombie, G., Ryder, P. and Welfare, H. (2001) The Buildings of England: Northumberland. London, Penguin Books, p.521

The information displayed in this page has been derived from authoritative sources, including any referenced above. Although substantial efforts were made to verify this information, the SINE project cannot guarantee its correctness or completeness.

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