Clarghyll Hall

In the civil parish of Alston Moor.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Large house of several periods: C16 bastle, heightened and extended to north in late C17 for Nicholas Whitfield; further extended to north for Thomas Whitfield mid/late C18. Top floor of tower, east wing, and north study/chapel (incorporating remains of another bastle) added c1860 (date on tower's north gable.) Coursed squared rubble with quoins; C19 work of ashlar. North wing has stone-flagged roof with stone mid and end chimneys; C19 roofs of welsh slate with corbie-stepped gables and end chimney to tower; 3 gables on north side of east wing with castellated octagonal chimney to south side. L-shaped with 3-storey tower to left of centre, 2-storey north wing and projecting east wing of one tall storey, all with undercrofts. Tower undercroft retains original semicircular-headed door to bastle, with draw-bar slot and pivot-holes, now opening off C17 cross-passage. Heavy oak beams carry stone-flagged floor above.

This site has been described as a;
Bastle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 73064)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY72574933

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Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 15062

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3957

Web site links
- http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/86/clarghyllhall.htm
Books
- Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p102 [slight]
  Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p34-5
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p48 [slight]
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p84
  Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p66
  Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth) p60
  Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p411
Journal Articles
- Collingwood, R.G., 1923, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol23 p219

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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