Little Harle Tower
Little Harle Tower is a privately owned country house with 15th-century origins, at Little Harle, Kirkwhelpington, 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 medieval 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. [6]
The 19th-century stable block is a Grade II* listed building.[7]
References
- ^ a b 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) from British History Online
- ^ Images of England, Tower
- ^ Structures of the North East
- ^ "Anderson Blackett engagement". Peerage News.
- ^ Images of England, Stable block