Scaleby Castle

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

Originally built in the late C13 with a licence to crenellate granted to Sir Robert de Tylliol in 1307. It was mostly rebuilt in C15 and has a late C16 wing and later remodelling. Buildings form a L-shaped plan and include C14, 4-storey, single-bay tower house, now in ruins, with a 3-storey, 3-bay great hall adjoining to south and projecting 2-storey open roof polygonal curtain tower, adjoining to the northwest. There is a northwest facing 2-storey gatehouse, with joining high curtain wall, enclosing small courtyard. Tower house has extremely thick chamfered plinth and chamfered string courses to each floor, chamfered lancet windows.

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

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1307 Aug 24.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 77959)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY449624

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; 11646

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 2905

• Web site links
  • http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/Scaleby/ScalCas.html
    http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/scaleby-castle.htm
• Books
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p86-7
    Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p867
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p246, 263
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p47
    Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p85-7 [plan]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p90
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p296
    Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p163-5
    Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p185-6
    Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p194-5
    Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p188, 235-7
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p331-2
    Taylor, M.W., 1892, The Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (CWAAS extra series Vol8) p344-6
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol3 (London) p313-4
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p405
    Jefferson, S., 1838, History of Carlisle (Carlisle) p383-7
    Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p50
• Journal Articles
  • Curwen, J.F., 1926, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol26 p398-413
    1908, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol8 p376-8
• 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 (1307-13) p8
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/cumbeng.html#cumb27]