MONUMENT NO. 6448

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Documented pele tower at Goswick, built between 1541 and 1561. No trace of such a structure survives.

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A survey of 1561 mentions a "good pile" at Goswick (NU 058451) in good repair and built upon the "inheritance of Thomas
Swinhoe" (supposedly built since the survey of 1541). (1)

The old mansion house of the Swinhoes stands on the "margin of the sea" not far from the mouth of the brook. It has been altered many times so that its original character can no longer be ascertained. There has apparently been a small courtyard in the north entered by a low arch way which still remains. This north side appears less disturbed than other parts.

The walls are all thick and the rooms, now converted into stables, granaries, etc. are all low. Two rooms in an upper storey are largely original with ceilings of ornamental work in stucco. In the
centre of one ceiling is the coat of arms of Thomas Swinhoe (died 1617) and his two wives, and a scroll containing the date '1611'. (2)

Goswick consists of a collection of farm buildings and
cottages situated at NU 05804515.

Mr. Bell, who has lived here for 30 years, has no knowledge of any remains which might have been the pele tower.

Perambulation of the area produced no evidence of one. (3)

Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (4,5)

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( 1) Archaeologia Aeliana : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity

C.J. Bates 14, 1891 Page(s)52-3

( 2) General reference

History of N.Durham (1852) pp 18607 (J.Raine. M.A.)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 ASP 16-NOV-55

(4) Dodds, JF 1999 Bastions and Belligerents: Medieval Strongholds in Northumberland

Page(s)53

(5) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Page(s)348

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