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NZ 166-730 Northumberland England
Blackbird Inn is a 13th century stone tower house, founded by William de Valence. The
tower with its barrel-vaulted basement and spiral stair, where part of a manorial
complex, which was destroyed in a Scottish raid in 1388. Mark Errington restored
the tower's basement and first floor in the 16th century, inserting Tudor windows
and a fireplace, with a large chimney breast on the outside wall. In the 17th
century, the tower was absorbed in the construction of a Jacobean manor house.
Nearby in Ponteland is the Vicar's Pele and 7 miles north-west
is Belsay Castle.
Blackbird Inn is located in Ponteland, off North Road. 8 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, on the A696.
The site is the Blackbird Inn public house and is freely accessible in daylight hours. The fireplace in the basement can be seen during opening hours.
There is a car park.
and a castle map
of the area 