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Lanercost Priory–King Edwards Tower
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Vicarage; Uttergate
In the civil parish of Burtholme.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
Vicarage incorporating former guest house of the outer court of Lanercost Priory. Early C13 with additions of mid-C16, and early C19 alterations. Calciferous and red sandstone from the nearby Roman Wall, red sandstone dressings. tower has gabled slate roof within parapet, extension has red sandstone slate roof with coped gables; calciferous ashlar chimney stacks. 3-storey, single-bay tower, to left. Ground floor double cross-mullioned window; blocked original window above; other windows are C19. Dogtooth decorated cornice with battlemented parapet. Date at which house was fortified is unclear.
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 scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 78142)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY55556370
PastScape number;
503262
- Web site links
- Books
- Harrison, Peter, 2004, Castles of God (Woodbridge; Boydell Press) p67
Brooke, C.J., 2000, Safe Sanctuaries (Edinburgh; John Donald) p267
Summerson, H. and Harrison, S., 2000, Lanercost Priory, Cumbria. A Survey and Documentary History (Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society research series)
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p70
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p43
Cope, Jean, 1991, Castles in Cumbria (Cicerone Press) p99-101
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p88
Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p113-5
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R. Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p162
Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p157
Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p143-4
- Guidebooks
- Keevil, Graham D., 2003, Lanercost Priory (English Heritage)
Moorman, John R.H., 1967 [2edn], Lanercost Priory (Brampton: John Moorman)
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