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Humshaugh, HEXHAM, NE46 4HN

This tower house http://www.ecastles.co.uk/cocklaw.html was built by the Erringtons in the late 14th or early 15th century and was the family seat for two hundred years until they moved into Beaufront castle closer to Hexham. It escaped the usual robbery of stone in the 18th or 19th centuries due to its isolation and is now used for storage of farm machinery and livestock. It still stands almost 40ft high but the wooden floors to have collapsed, leaving in place only half of the ground floor vaulted lower ceiling which will soon fall in.

Remains of a 14th or 15th century towerhouse. Grade I listed.

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Cocklaw Tower is one of the better-preserved fortified medieval towers in Northumberland. Although, there is now no visible evidence of other medieval buildings around the tower, there are records of a chapel nearby. This suggests that the tower was just one building of a group of structures associated with the manor. The tower itself probably dates to the late 14th or 15th century. The main accommodation would have been on the second floor. This room contains painted decorations of the 16th century date. This is a Grade I Listed Building and a Scheduled Monument protected by law. http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N9298

The Keys to the Past website http://www.keystothepast.info/Pages/pgDetail.aspx?PRN=N9298 says that "Cocklaw Tower is one of the better-preserved fortified medieval towers in Northumberland. Although there is now no visible evidence of other medieval buildings around the tower, there are records of a chapel nearby. This suggests that the tower was just one building of a group of structures associated with the manor. The tower itself probably dates to the late 14th or 15th century. The main accommodation would have been on the second floor. This room contains painted decorations dating from the 16th century. The tower is a Grade I Listed Building and a Scheduled Monument". Photo taken from the minor road towards Keepwith Farm in NY9471.

The Keys to the Past website http://www.keystothepast.info/Pages/pgDetail.aspx?PRN=N9298 says that "Cocklaw Tower is one of the better-preserved fortified medieval towers in Northumberland. Although there is now no visible evidence of other medieval buildings around the tower, there are records of a chapel nearby. This suggests that the tower was just one building of a group of structures associated with the manor. The tower itself probably dates to the late 14th or 15th century. The main accommodation would have been on the second floor. This room contains painted decorations dating from the 16th century. The tower is a Grade I Listed Building and a Scheduled Monument". Photo taken from the track to Keepwith Fell in NY9471.

Cocklaw Tower is one of the better-preserved fortified medieval towers in Northumberland. Although, there is now no visible evidence of other medieval buildings around the tower, there are records of a chapel nearby. This suggests that the tower was just one building of a group of structures associated with the manor. The tower itself probably dates to the late 14th or 15th century. The main accommodation would have been on the second floor. This room contains painted decorations of the 16th century date. This is a Grade I Listed Building and a Scheduled Monument protected by law. Keys to the Past: http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N9298 https://web.archive.org/web/20190811074703/http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N9298 Gatehouse: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2851.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180917215050/http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2851.html The tower is said to have been "the principle seat of the Erringtons from 1372 to 1567".

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Cocklaw Tower at Cocklaw.

Looking towards Cocklaw Tower, a Grade I Listed Building and Scheduled Monument.