Crake Trees

In the civil parish of Crosby Ravensworth.
In the historic county of Westmorland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

House of C14 origin surrounded by associated earthworks. The site was the subject of a detailed architectural and archaeological survey by English Heritage in 1999-2000. Only the vaulted ground floor of the solar wing now survives of C14 house. A timber-framed chapel with a piscina was attached to the outside of the wing, which itself stood at the end of a timber-framed hall. In late C16 or early C17, the medieval hall and its service block were demolished and replaced in stone by a new single storey hall range with a two storey solar tower. Further alterations occurred subsequently, but the house was abandoned by 1881. Associated earthworks include a fishpond and a number of rectilinear fields and enclosures. C14 solar tower may have been fortified.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 74019)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY61571556

PastScape number; 13336

Books

Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p97 [slight]
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p275
RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p81

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Crake Trees

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY61571556

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