Sella Park

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Stella Park Hotel

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

C14 pele tower incorporated into late Cl7 house with C19 restorations. Roughcast stone rubble, part exposed, and ashlar dressings; slate roofs. North elevation of 3 storeys and 7 bays, the 1st bay of 2 storeys under gable, the 2nd bay projects under gable. Quoins and coped gables. Single-chamfered mullioned windows, those to ground and 1st floors with transoms and label moulds. First bay, probably C19, has 2 lights; 3rd to 7th bays have 3:3:2:3:3-light windows under continuous label mould; other windows of 3 lights. Entrance to 2nd bay has 4-centred head, side lights and overlight. Gable-end stacks and cross-axial stacks. South elevation similar, with 2-storey, 2-bay wing under hipped roof and C20 glazed lean-to outshut; 6th bay is partly C14. Varied fenestration, 2- and 3-light transomed windows. West return has 2-light transomed windows, west return has 3- and 4-light windows. Interior not inspected, said to have spiral stair, C17 stair, C16 window openings to former south exterior wall, fireplaces.

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 76364)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY03400544

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; 8678

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 4439

Books

Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p112
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p90
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth) p84

Journal Articles

Fair, 1937, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol37 p24-9

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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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