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Hutton John
In the civil parish of Hutton.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
Fortified tower and wings with barn adjoining. Late C14 tower for the Hutton family with C16 and C17 additions; 1660, 1730, 1835 and 1867 alterations for the Hudleston family, the later alterations by George Ledwell Taylor. Tower has extremely thick walls of large blocks of dressed pink and calciferous sandstone, with string course under battlemented parapet and projecting spouts, on chamfered plinth; flat lead roof. Wings of mixed pink and calciferous sandstone rubble with string courses and flush quoins, under graduated greenslate roofs with coped gables and kneelers; banded red sandstone ashlar chimney stacks. Barn of similar rubble, under graduated greenslate roof. Rectangular tower of 2 storeys over vaulted basement with right 3-storey, 5-bay wing; the rear wing was 2 storeys, 4 bays, but altered to 3 storeys, 5 bays in C19; adjoining barn completes 3rd side of courtyard and possibly incorporates part of the C16 curtain wall. Tower has a number of medieval loops, some now internal, a blocked 2-light window and upper-floor sash windows with glazing bars in C18 stone surrounds. Projecting full-height signal turret, which probably had a beacon on top. Right wing has large off-centre 3-storey gabled porch/stair, with side Tudor-arched doorway, blocked 2-light windows under hoodmoulds, small heart-shaped windows and front C19 mullioned stair window. Facade has mixed fenestration on 3 levels of 3-light stone-mullioned windows, large mullioned-and-transomed windows and sash windows in stone surrounds. Right return wall has small heart-shaped windows and mullioned-and-transomed windows under gable inscription HOC SIGNO VINCES with cross and 1660 date.
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 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 73931)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY43952695
PastScape number;
11120
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3785
Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p190-1
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p62
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p214
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p42
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p87
Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p98-100
Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p141-2
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p376-7
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p317
Taylor, M.W., 1892, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (CWAAS extra series Vol8) p311-17
Journal Articles
- Hudleston, N., 1960, 'Hutton John' Archaeological Journal Vol115 p252-3
Oswald, 1929, Country Life Vol65 p116-23
Hudleston, F., 1924, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol24 p161-79
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