Drawdykes Castle (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Tarraby; Triby

In the civil parish of Stanwix Rural.
In the historic county of Cumberland.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.
Medieval County of Cumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NY41925856
Latitude 54.91822° Longitude -2.90790°

Drawdykes Castle has been described as a certain Pele Tower.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*.

Description

Farmhouse, formerly tower home. Probably C14, converted to house 1676 by William Thackery and John Aglionby. Mixed red and yellow sandtone walls, mostly from the Roman Wall nearby, gabled slate roof. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Basically the original tower with Classical Revival faade and rear windows Chamfered plinth course. Entrance has moulded surround with triangular pediment, C19 6-panel door. Moulded surrounds to sash windows with glazing bars, having alternating segmented and triangular pediments, but no pediments to second floor windows. Calciferous sandstone ashlar quoins, moulded cornice and parapet with central coat of arms over which is carved head possibly of John Aglionby. West wall has roof moulding of adjoining building which was demolished c1764 to build the attached farmhouse (now very much altered). Rear wall has built-in Roman altar; and re-used lintel stone inscribed to Alan de Penitona, who was mayor of Carlisle in 1287, is inside. Interior now used for storage and impossible to inspect. One of the earliest Classical Revival facades in the area. (Listed Building Report)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1087728
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 11414.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 3807.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Old Cumbria Gazetteer
  Abaroth's World
Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 80 (plan)
  Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 49
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 48 (slight)
  Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carlisle: Carel Press) p. 98
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 85
  Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p. 83-4
  Pevsner, N., 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth: Penguin) p. 139
  Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles (1970 Reprint by Frank Graham) p. 89
  Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 13) p. 368
  Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 2 p. 311 online copy
  Taylor, M.W., 1892, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 8) p. 344 online copy
  Hutchinson, W., 1794, The history of the county of Cumberland Vol. 2 p. 581 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Graham, T.H.B., 1933, 'Annals of the Aglionbys' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 33 p. 30-31 online copy
  Graham, T.H.B., 1927, 'Stanwix and Crosby' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 27 p. 38-40 online copy
  1922, 'Proceedings ' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 22 p. 452-3 online copy
  Graham, T.H.B., 1917, 'Nunnery' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 17 p. 8-11 online copy
  Graham, T.H.B., 1913, 'The Parish of Warwick' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 13 p. 107-8 online copy
  Graham, T.H.B. and Hodgson, T.H., 1912, 'Extinct Cumberland Castles (Part IV)' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 12 p. 194-200 online copy
  1833, The Gentleman's Magazine Vol. 103 Part 1 p. 104 online copy
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1909, Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II (1396-99) Vol. 6 p. 159 online copy

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