Millbeck Hall

In the civil parish of Underskiddaw.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Farmhouse and barn. Dated over rear entrance 1592. Roughcast walls, under graduated greenslate roof with brick chimney stacks. Two storeys, 5 bays, with contemporary single-bay wing to left rear and 2-bay barn to right of higher roof line, forming overall L-shape. Barn has openings with plain reveals and doorways to side and rear. Thought to incorporate the remains of a C15 fortified tower with newel staircase in thickness of the wall, but this is hidden by roughcast.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 72204)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY25552606

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 9816

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3735

Books

Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p19
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p88
Taylor, M.W., 1892, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (CWAAS extra series Vol8) p320-3

Journal Articles

Taylor, M.W., 1890, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol12 p148-52

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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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