The Joiners Shop

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The Joiners Shop is a detached, single storey, 18th century stone and slate roof building that served as the Joiners/wheelwrights shop for Ridley Hall and Beltingham village.

Now lovingly restored to a 2 bedroom holiday cottage behind a courtyard wall with its own driveway and private outside space, overlooking Beltingham Burn.

Close to Hadrian’s Wall and within comfortable driving distance of the Northumberland Coast, Castles, Kielder Forest, Lake District and Durham Dales.

Sleeps 4 ( 1 king size bed and 2 single beds)

Dog friendly with walks straight from the door to the River South Tyne or across the fields to Allen Banks (NT)

The Bastle

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Well….
After 14 years as guardians of the Bastle in Beltingham, the time came this week to hand it over to its new owner as a permanant home, to be loved as much as we did and still do.
It is a special place in a special village, with only a few properties and historic links to the Bowes Lyon family.
We will be retaining the Joiners Shop behind the courtyard wall as a holiday let and the website will be getting a new look.
The Joiners Shop is a detached property, with its own private driveway and outside space overlooking Beltingham burn.
Sleeps 4
Close to Hadrian’s Wall
Dog friendly

Smartening up the outside….

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We have spent time during this lockdown period tidying up the Bastle and Joiners Shop.

The cobbles have been cleared of moss and the lane has now been re-dressed with 14 tons of new gravel from the road and into the Joiners Shop driveway.

Ready for our guests…

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 Following lockdown we are now ready for our guests and the Bastle sitting room has had a little makeover.

Re decorated, with comfortable, new Parker Knoll sofa and chairs, painted bookcase, console table and a little tweak here and there to freshen it all up.

The complimentary sherry and ginger wine are now on a different table, as is the Bose system, but the Smart TV is still in the same place

To all our guests who have stayed before we hope you like the changes and for those who haven’t….

The Bastle is a 16th century, historic property with 21st century comforts. Close to Hadrian’s Wall, in a quiet little village with a church, sleeps 4 people and we are dog friendly with lots of walks straight from the door.

 

 

Christmas 2019

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We are all set for our Christmas guests in the Bastle and the Joiners Shop who arrive tomorrow.

Both buildings are looking lovely in completely different ways and the real trees are up, the decorations are in place, the underfloor heating is ticking away gently and everything is warm and cosy.

The Christmas day service will be in the little village church …no snow this year… but all will be peace and quiet in Beltingham, Northumberland

I hope they have a fabulous time xx

The Bastle

 

The Joiners Shop

 

 

 

Summer time …

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Summer is now on its way in Beltingham, Northumberland and the Joiner’s Shop is proving to be quite a little sun trap outside the kitchen door.

The laurel hedge we planted last year is thickening out nicely to provide a private seating area, the BBQ is ready to go and the parasol is up!

Plenty of garden flowers from home to fill pretty jugs, inside and outside the cottage with a complimentary bottle of wine and other essential goodies in the welcome pack basket.

The honey coloured, stone houses in the village are looking beautiful too at the moment with hanging baskets, wisteria and tumbling roses over walls…it is quite a special place x

 

Festive Season over…

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The festive season is over now and the Bastle decorations are down….our lovely guests for Christmas and again for New Year enjoyed the cosy underfloor heating, woodburner and twinkly fairy lights.

With the shutters closed to the elements what could be nicer?

The Joiner’s Shop guests also enjoyed the Christmas spirit with a tree, garland, fairy lights and candles.

Light and airy rooms, comfortable furniture and beds, power shower and underfloor heating in the kitchen, making cooking dinner in bare feet or socks a joy!

As you can imagine…equally as cosy when the shutters are closed.

We will be tweaking both buildings with new bedding, towels, soft furnishings and kitchen equipment to keep our standards high for 2018.

 

 

 

Finished….

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For those who have followed the progress and thought we were totally bonkers…this is for you…..the long awaited finish of the Joiners Shop has arrived!

A once dilapidated building bought in 2009, full of rubbish and with a collapsed roof, has now been transformed into a light and airy cottage.

In its heady days it was the Joiners and Wheelwrights workshop to Ridley Hall…hard to believe it is the same place.

Even the photographs we took back then look grim…

After planning approval, we set to work with a new roof, new windows and doors, lime pointed walls and rebuilt the courtyard wall.

We also divided the Bastle courtyard from the Joiners Shop with a post and rail fence and gate to separate the two buildings, but still have the flexibility of combining the two for larger parties of up to 8 people.

The internal fitting out seemed to take forever….new floor, stud walls, masses and masses of insulation, first fix, second fix, plasterboard, plastering, painting, joinery…the list went on and so did the money!

    

Fast forward July 2017

Finally we are now up and running and ready for our guests.

The new driveway has been levelled to provide ample parking for two cars and a private South East facing seating area with table, chairs and BBQ.

It is quite a little sun trap overlooking the woods and Beltingham burn.

 

Joiners Shop

The inside if I am allowed to say…is a triumph.

What appears to be a small cottage on the outside, is quite “Tardis like” with a luxury bathroom and power shower, 2 bedrooms, sitting room and steps down to the kitchen.

Vaulted ceilings and beams throughout give the place character with a light and airy feel.

The welcome pack, like the Bastle is always generous and….. there is more in the fridge too.

Julie x

Country Living magazine…..

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If you would like to read about The Bastle and its transformational journey from neglected to loved, there is a fabulous article in this March 2017 edition of Country Living….just out and on the shelves now.

 

For those of you who have stayed at The Bastle, you will instantly recognise the pictures…and for those of you who have not…we would be delighted to welcome you to experience the comforts of 21st century living in our special, 16th century fortified farmhouse.

In Winter, batten down the hatches and cosy up with underfloor heating and a wood burning stove or in Summer, move outside and take advantage of the various sitting areas on the sheltered, raised deck or the walled courtyard with BBQ.

www.thebastle.co.uk

 

The Joiners Shop…

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Delighted to say, the dilapidated Joiners Shop next to the Bastle courtyard is on its final leg of renovation….

From a sad building full of rubbish and an imploded roof at the rear….it has been rebuilt and lime pointed, has a new roof, new windows and doors, mains water and electricity, insulation and plasterboards by the lorry load…not to mention vast quantities of timber for the stud walls etc.

Anyone who has undertaken a major renovation will understand.

The kitchen has been plastered and painted ready for the kitchen units…which will be the same quality as the Bastle, painted Farrow and Ball Mouse’s Back, oak worktops, and contemporary lighting. Underfloor heating below the slate floor too for warmth and cosiness.

It will be a lovely, light and airy room with views over Beltingham burn and the woods.

Two bedrooms (to sleep four people) and the vaulted sitting room are also taking shape, exposing the old beams and purlins and a little bit of internal stone wall for added character.

The bathroom has been fitted out too with bath, sink, toilet and the all important power shower.

Fingers crossed we are on course for completion of building works by next Spring and hopefully we will be ready for guests not long after that.

So, if you fancy combining the two properties for friends or family and sharing the private, walled courtyard….this could be your perfect place.

Keep checking our Facebook page… The Bastle … for further updates.