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| Shortflatt Tower | Shortflatt Tower | Mr Dent Esq | 40 chains S.E. | Is a neat mansion situated | ||
| Shortflatt Tower | Mr Leighton | of Sandyford | on flat ground on the south | |||
| Shortflatt Tower | Mr Rochester | side of How Burn, the old | ||||
| Shortflatt Tower | White’s Directory | Tower stands on the west end | ||||
| Shortflatt Tower | Hodgson’s History of Northumberland | of the building, it is of strong | ||||
| masonry the walls of the Tower | ||||||
| are 6 feet thick & in good | ||||||
| repair the vault is 33 feet | ||||||
| long by 18 ft wide it was | ||||||
| tastefully decorated the walls | ||||||
| and ceiling neatly plastered &c | ||||||
| &c by the present occupier & is | ||||||
| now one of the principle rooms | ||||||
| of the mansion & used as the | ||||||
| dining room | ||||||
| It was built in Reign of |
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| Edward the 1st A.D. 1301 by one of | ||||||
| the family of the De Raymes. It is the property | ||||||
| and residence of William Dent Esq | ||||||
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