Lammerside Castle

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

Tower house, located on the western side of the River Eden. It includes the upstanding remains of a C14 tower or wing which originally formed part of the building's central core, together with the earthwork remains of buildings to the north and south of the tower and a barmkin wall which enclosed a yard to the west of the tower. The castle was occupied by a branch of the Warcop family, but is thought to have been abandoned in C17. The tower is constructed of coursed, squared rubble, measures 14m by 11m, Barrel-vaulted ground floor, survives to two storeys high.

This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
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 73045)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY77250477

PastScape number; 14756

Web site links

http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/lammerside.htm

Books

Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p287
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p69
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p218
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p270
Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p68
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p493
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth) p275
RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p240
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p291
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p291

Journal Articles

Blackett-Ord, M., 1986, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol86 p133-9
Cowper, 1904, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol4 p85-91

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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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Lammerside Castle

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY77250477

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