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Lorton Hall
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Winder House
In the civil parish of Lorton.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
Three-storeyed C14 pele tower with additions in C16, 1663 and 1880. Now divided into two dwellings Lorton Hall and Winder House. Perriam & Robinson raise some doubts about this tower. Square 3-storey, 2-bay tower with rear C19 2-storey 3-bay extension in similar style and lower 2-storey, 7-bay wing now Winder House. Tower has C19 fenestration; irregular 2- and 3-light windows, some in Tudor style under hoodmoulds, the others without hoods; and ground-floor mullioned and transomed windows. Winder House has C17 fenestration with extensive C19 alterations; centre 3-light window was originally entrance under hoodmould and pediment; enlarged 2-light ground-floor windows under 3-light stone-mullioned windows with continuous hoodmould and individual pediments. Rear of tower has Tudor-style doorway and 2-light windows. Rear of Winder House similar,with C19 2-, 3- and 4-light windows. Interior of tower is completely late C19 and early C20 panelled woodwork, with moulded plaster ceilings. Other features claimed by a previous owner to be original, such as a concrete vault and spiral staircase in the tower (see Pevsner) and dated plasterwork in Winder House, are extremely dubious. The same owner painted C16 and C17 portraits of his ancestors to hang on the walls of his house and opened the building to the public.
This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Major remains.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 72670)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY152257
PastScape number;
9380
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3719
Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p94
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p98 [slight]
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p44
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1
Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p124
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth) p158-9
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
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