Yanwath Hall

In the civil parish of Yanwath And Eamont Bridge.
In the historic county of Westmorland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Splendidly preserved low C14 pele tower and C15 hall. It has changed little since C16. The tower has a tunnel-vaulted ground floor, and at the top battlements stepped up at the corners. The first floor has Elizabethan five-light mullioned and transomed windows. The hall is distinguished by a bay window with a frontage of three lights. In the early part of C14, Yanwath was owned by John de Sutton. Towards the end of the century it was aquired by the Threlkeld family, who rebuilt parts and added the bay window. In 1671 the property passed to the Lowthers and from that time onwards has been used as a farm.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY50772818

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; 12032

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 2894

• Web site links
  • http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/yanhall.htm
• Books
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p320-1
    Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p95
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p259
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p273-4
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p494
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p321
    Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p188-190
    Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth) p299
    RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p250-2
    Tipping, H.A., 1921, English Homes, period 1 Vol1 (London) p158-65
    Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p319-22
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p293-4
    Taylor, M.W., 1892, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (CWAAS extra series Vol8) p52-64
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p209
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1853, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol2 p216-19
• Journal Articles
  • Simpson, 1944, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol44 p55-67
    1937, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol37 p187-9
    1922, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol22 p435-6
    Cornish, 1903, Country Life Vol14 p126-32
    Taylor, M.W., 1874, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol1 p48-59