Churnsike Lodge

Churnsike Lodge

Coordinates: 55°05′13″N 2°31′41″W / 55.087°N 2.528°W / 55.087; -2.528

Churnsike Lodge
Churnsike Lodge is located in Northumberland
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Churnsike Lodge

Red pog.svg Churnsike Lodge shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference NY664771
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Churnsike Lodge (grid reference NY664771) was an early Victorian hunting lodge situated in the parish of Greystead, West Northumberland, England. It was built in 1850 as a shooting lodge and was part of the Hesleyside estate (Hesleyside house is situated in the North Tyne valley near Bellingham). When the estate was sold in 1889, Churnsike Lodge was purchased by the Chesters Estate (near Hexham, Northumberland). The "cairnsyke" estate comprised several thousand acres of grouse moor and is referred to in the sale catalogue of 1889 as the "Finest grouse moor in the Kingdom". The property included stables for 6 horses, a gamekeepers bothy and well-appointed dog kennels which housed the Irthing head and Kielder hounds (headed by famous fox hunter William Dodd, as referred to in "Wanny Blossoms"). Situated 10 miles north of Gilsland and 13 miles west of Bellingham, the former grouse moor is now part of the Wark forest but there are areas still not covered by conifers where grouse can be found. Churnsike Lodge is now in private ownership.

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