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Dalston Hall
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Dilston
In the civil parish of Dalston.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
Three-storey C15 pele tower to right, four-storey C16 tower to left, linked by a C16 wing with early C17 two-storey entrance bay. Late C19 alterations. Large blocks of red and calciferous sandstone with flat lead roofs on towers. Early tower has extremely thick walls on chamfered plinth with string courses and battlemented parapet. Angle stair turret projecting above parapet has 4 C15 carved shields of arms of the Kirkbride and Dalston families. 2-light stone mullioned windows in moulded surrounds under hood moulds. 3-light first floor window with rounded heads in round arch. Interior: stone vaulted basement, now library. newel staircase for full 3 storeys to roof. Ground floor inner yett of iron is C15. Bedroom above has mural recess: former fireplace cut through to form bathroom. Wing to left has plank door in roll-moulded architrave. 2- and 3-light stone mullioned windows in roll-moulded architraves. Roll-moulded cornice has cannon-like water spouts. Battlemented tower to left with similar 2- and 3-light windows. Side wall to right has corbelled-out semicircular stair turret from first floor to roof.
This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 78312)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY37675155
PastScape number;
10787
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3776
- Web site links
- Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p200-1
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p47
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p206
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p40
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p85, 95
Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p80-82
Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p118-9
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p366-7
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p310-11
Jefferson, S., 1838, History of Carlisle (Carlisle) p394-6
- Journal Articles
- Taylor, M.W., 1883, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol6
Ferguson, C.J., 1882, Archaeological Journal Vol39 p451
Ferguson, 1875, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol2 p165-71
1790, Gentleman's Magazine pt2 p1069-70
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