Tindale Tarn House

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Ternehouse

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

Remains of pele tower and curtain wall built up in the later house. Recorded as new in 1485. Built for Humphrey, Lord Dacre, with extensions and alterations dated 1843 over entrance and initials T.(&) M.H. on inscribed stone set into wall. Calciferous sandstone rubble walls, over 1m thick and in places 2m thick in tower; wall of tower raised by about 3 courses when gabled roof added 1843; graduated slate roof with eaves modillions, yellow brick chimney stacks on stone bases. 2 storeys; 3-bay tower with 2-bay extension under common roof. Tower has projecting stone gabled porch with plank door and dated lintel. Angle buttress to left, with probable filled entrance between this and porch. Original small filled ground floor window to right; small windows above are 1843. Rear wall has large footing stones and plinth. Original ground floor entrance is filled; windows all of 1843.

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 78060)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY60555848

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; 13793

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3925

Books

Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p99 [slight]
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p172
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p91
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p410-411

Journal Articles

1909, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol9 p234

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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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