Warnell Hall

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

Fortified house now farmhouse. Early or mid C16 incorporating part of a C14 tower with alterations, dated and inscribed over entrance T & M D 1683 with Denton coat-of-arms. Large blocks of mixed calciferous and pink sandstone with graduated greenslate roof and stone chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays with stair projection to rear making shape; originally a fortified courtyard plan. Top-glazed panelled door in alternate-block surround under cornice and voussoir frieze. 2-light stone-mullioned windows under cornices are of 1683. Confined fenestration is explained by adjoining courtyard range, that to right listed separately, but that to left now demolished, leaving blank wall. Rear 2- and 3-light stone-mullioned windows under hoodmoulds could be C16. Wall at left rear has earlier blocked window and is said to contain the remains of a newel staircase of the C14 tower, now demolished. Defensible court and gatehouse survive of house built after 1513.

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 72486)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY35054135

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; 10551

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 4515

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) p222
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p91
Lysons, D. and S., 1816, Magna Britannia Vol4 Cumberland p153-4 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=404]

Journal Articles

1948, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol48 p200
McIntyre, W.T., 1934 Aug 4, 'Warnell Hall' Cumberland News
1920, Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol20 p238

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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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