Old Tower?
There is what appears to be part of an old stone tower in a field on the right hand side of the road, just as you pass the last house out of Warkworth on the Morwick Road.
Can anyone enlighten me as to its purpose and history? Regards |
I've often wondered about that myself.
this thing?: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.33...8i6656!6m1!1e1 |
Had a look on the side by side map images but can't see anything if I'm in the right place. Are the buildings on the bend Morwick Gate?
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sideb...&right=BingHyb |
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That's the correct place, existing buildings Morwick Gate and Warkworth Cottage are there on the 19c maps, but the ruin? nothing indicated of significance. Does that suggest it was gone before the 1st OS maps? Nothing mentioned that fits the location on the listed buildings website either. |
I have consulted the oracle (my dad). His understanding (all allegedly! )was the house was purchased by J G Green builders many years ago, and Mr Green left the front facade standing for planning reasons so that he could ultimately build a house there without going through planning. Greens were dissolved in the late 90s so who owns it now is not clear.
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Just part of the small building that is marked? You get the impression of something old and much more significant from the remaining stonework.
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Unfortunately, that is the front elevation of the previous building as I explained in earlier post.
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I also mis-read the more recent map. Is it building No.1 on this 1864 map? Is it Warkworth Cottage then? or is Warkworth Cottage No.2?? Morwick Gate (3) is shown as two buildings either site of the road into Morwick township, literally 'Morwick gate' I suppose. The others (1,2) are in Warkworth township/civil parish Those buildings are possibly identifiable on the Census returns. They are on the page near 'Old Barns' farm. There are two more premises in the list on from Old Barns, which looks correct, as Morwick Gate would be on the Morwick return. I can see on the 1891 census; Warkworth Cottage, occupied by Agnes Mary Buchanan, 56, living on her own means, and her servant Martha Ternent, 18. and Creston? Cottage occupied by John Potter, 60, Joiner. http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...th-cottage.jpg |
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Probably requires the Heavy Artillery (Janwhin) on this one. Deaths, 'Southern Reporter' 16 October 1884 |
Looks to be building no1 on the map
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Probably requires the Heavy Artillery (Janwhin) on this one. ]/QUOTE] That's a bit harsh, although my dad was a gunner in the RA and a face worker for longer than I care to remember :D |
Now here's an interesting thing. I did start to think that Morwick Mill must be close by those structures and then I saw "gate houses" marked on the attached map of 1828 from the Northumberland Communities website
https://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/007369FS.htm |
And another try, Morwick Mill is further on but this later OS map seems to show a structure where we would want this ruin to be
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sideb...&right=BingHyb |
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I know it doesn't help, but, Kathy Secker (ITV NEWS) lived in the cottage on right, over the road from the ruined house!
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This is the inscription on the 'knight' in Warkworth Church, for the record:
The effigies of S Hugh of Morwicke who gave the common to this town of Warkworth http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...de-morwick.jpg |
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