Rose Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; La Rose; La Roos

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

Early medieval castle, the residence of the Bishop of Carlisle. Built on the site of an earlier castle of probable late C13 date with licences to crenellate in 1336 and 1355. A quadrangular castle. The Strickland Tower was built circa 1400 to 1419, rebuilt in 1488 and 1522-4. It was partly destroyed during the civil War. it was repaired by William Heveningham as a private house 1653-5, with alterations of 1673-5. Further later alterations. Built of red sandstone.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1336 April 9.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1355 June 25.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY371462

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; 10509

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 697

• Web site links
  • http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/rosecas.htm
• Books
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p216-7
    Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p167, 172
    Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p85
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p244-6, 263
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p46
    Cope, Jean, 1991, Castles in Cumbria (Cicerone Press) p96-8
    Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p83-4 [plan]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p90
    Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p160-3
    Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (London, Penguin) p181-2
    Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p189-90, 227-234
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Rait, R.S. (ed), 1911, English Episcopal Palaces (Province of York) p235-306
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p329-30
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p411, 416
    Jefferson, S., 1838, History of Carlisle (Carlisle) p371-83
    Lysons, D. and S., 1816, Magna Britannia Vol4 Cumberland p. cciii-ccvi, 91-2 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=404]
    Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p49
• Journal Articles
  • Robinson, J.M., 1989, ‘Rose Castle, Cumberland: the seat of the Bishop of Carlisle' Country Life 183.47 p70-5
    Tyson, B., 1983, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society Vol27 p61-74
    Rogan, J. and Birley, E., 1956, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol56 p132-41
    Martindale, 1928, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol28 p398-9
    Collingwood, W.G., 1923, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol23 p240
    1882, Archaeological Journal Vol39 p451-2
    Ferguson, 1874-5, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol2 p152-65
• Guidebooks
  • Wilson, J., 1912, Rose Castle: the Residential Seat of the Bishop of Carlisle (Carlisle)
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p245
    Calendar of Patent Rolls (1354-58) p252
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/cumbeng.html#cumb21]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p97
    Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p56