Fishing Shiel
FISHING SHIEL, SANDSTELL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390817
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Fishing Shiel
- Statutory Address:
- FISHING SHIEL, SANDSTELL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390817
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Fishing Shiel
- Statutory Address 1:
- FISHING SHIEL, SANDSTELL ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FISHING SHIEL, SANDSTELL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- National Grid Reference:
- NU 00419 51883
Details
622/0/10012 SANDSTELL ROAD 15-MAR-04 Spittal Fishing Shiel
GV II Fishing shiel, probably 1735, with 19th century alterations, for salmon fishing tackle and catch, and fishermen's rest. Single storey 2 bay building of uncoursed rough-dressed stone with large quoins, under a slate roof with brick chimneys at each gable end. Divided into two by stone wall, each half having a single small shuttered window, the right hand one having no frame or glazing, and a steel framed doorway and door towards the centre. West gable end is stepped and both gables rise above the current roof line. INTERIOR: western half: brick fireplace at outer gable end, 19th century sawn roof timbers partially exposed. Eastern half: brick fireplace at outer gable end, timber panelled partition wall dividing entrance corridor from room. Small wooden bunk beds in corner by fireplace. Ceiling is lined with pine planking similar to that of the partition wall, possibly re-used timber. Fishing shiels are associated with the traditional fishing of the salmon runs up the River Tweed. The fishermen would wait and sleep in the shiels until the signal came that the salmon were running, and would store both their nets and catch in them. The steel doors are an indication of the value of the catch. The date is not yet firmly established, but a grant to build a shiel on the site was granted by the estate owning the land in 1735, and the building could well date from this period. The stepped and raised gable ends indicate that the roof was originally thatched. This is the only remaining unmodernised shiel on the River Tweed and as such is an important relic of the traditional salmon fishing industry.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 491039
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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