[AJR]

A recent addition to my collection, from Grose's Antiquities, 1785.

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[Gordon]

Now that's a really nice one, Mmmm, photo paper, frame, wall..........................................Janette Guess not, I'll wait til I get my room back in about 20 years time!

[AJR]

I rather liked it too. Liz has permitted me to hang a few in the corner of our bedroom, and that may be one I choose to frame and hang.

[Gordon]

From Dodds, Bastions & Belligerants

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Cockle Park
L81 P512 NZ201910  5km, 3 miles, north of Morpeth.
Another part of the Bothal estate, held first by the Bertram family and then, from the fifteenth century, by the Ogles and their descendants, the Cavendishes, the Dukes of Newcastle, and the Dukes of Portland. The tower, which still exists, has a large armorial panel carved on one wall which shows the arms, crest and support of Lord Ogle, so it must have been built after his ennoblement in 1465.
  The only recorded use of this tower by the Ogles was as a dower house for Adda, the widow of the fourth Lord Robert Ogle, who died in 1589. For many years after that it was a farmhouse, glorying in the lovely name 'Bubblymire'. Now it is a farm store within Newcastle University's Experimental farm.
The building is a large oblong, beautifully made up with rounded turrets projecting at each front corner, a vaulted ground floor and three storeys. It has been modified on at least two occasions and, although it needs the support of a timber buttress today, it still gives the impression of great strength.

[AJR]

A more recent picture of the tower.

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[Gordon]

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it still gives the impression of great strength

It does that! Nice pic.

[AJR]

Yep. And this pic was taken in 1967. I can't find any more recent decent photos. In an attempt to rectify this, I have written to Newcastle University (who own the property) asking if they would be able to provide some up-to-date pictures.

I don't supose they will, but there's no harm in asking.

[Gordon]

I don't suppose there is, let's hope it pays off.

[Gordon]

One from Castle UK



Castle UK

..and from Durham Council's website, 'Keys to the Past'
Keys to the Past



and Newcastle Uni have some pics on their web site

Structural Images of the North East (SINE)

A great site, worth browsing, click on the thumnails for the big image, 6000+ images of a host of sites of various ages.

[AJR]

Thanks for those. That SINE website is where I found the pic from 1967, and I've already perused the site to obtain images for my own file. Great fun