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Kirkandrews Tower
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Kirkandrews upon Esk; Tom Greme; Kirkander; Kirkanders
In the civil parish of Kirkandrews.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
Isolated tower of about 1530-50 with scottish features. Some remains of Barmkin wall. Still inhabited. Markes on 1552 map as 'Tom Greme', on 1590 map as 'Kirkander' and on 1607 platt as 'Kirkanders'. House, formerly tower house. C16 replacing earlier tower, for the Graham family, with C18 and C20 alterations. Thick red sandstone rubble walls on chamfered plinth with large flush quoins, corbelled parapets with projecting water spouts; steeply pitched gabled slate roof with parapet, end stone chimney stacks. 3 storeys, 2 bays. C20 first floor door in roll moulded architrave, reached by C19 external stone steps; entrance to basement below has plank door and similar architrave. Small original window to left of entrance; 2 similar windows on 2 levels above have been blocked. Partly blocked C18 openings, on 3 levels to left, with C20 casements. Rear wall has large C18 blocked window; C19 window to left, other windows are C20. Interior has vaulted basement originally reached by trap door from first floor. Newel staircase in thickness of wall beside entrance.
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 78154)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY389719
PastScape number;
503290
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 4575
- Web site links
- Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p67
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p43
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p87
Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p110-12
Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p147
Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p141-2
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p380-2
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p207
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