Stone Hall Soolbank (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Sedbergh.
In the historic county of Yorkshire.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.
Medieval County of Yorkshire West Riding.

OS Map Grid Reference: SD67179278
Latitude 54.32953° Longitude -2.50631°

Stone Hall Soolbank has been described as a Bastle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are no visible remains.

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

Description

Stonehouse site. in the 16th century consisted of 5 or 6 houses, some footings visible in 'Lile Sebur' field.
Kevin Lancaster writes; A house, formerly a group of houses... has been taken to be the site of a medieval house, certainly the name is recorded back as far as 1451. However, there is nothing on the ground and I feel the place-name might refer only to 'Stone Haw' or hill side. The ground is excessively stoney.'
William Lancaster held a tenement called Stonehall in 1451. Sold to Alexander Featherstonehaugh by 1501. (J Marsh); A house not built of stone would be rare in this area, but the OS shows the names in Gothic script. (Perriam and Robinson 1998)

Comments

The record in Perriam and Robinson is accompanied by a picture of the grade 2star listed Stone Hall. This is a probably location of the recorded medieval 'stonehouses'.
The form of this supposed late medieval farmhouse is not known beyond it being in stone. This is outside the usually area of pele-house bastles although the generally topography (a highland valley) is similar to that of the Marches North Pennines. Other than the inclusion in a gazetteer of 'medieval fortified buildings' there is nothing to suggest fortification.

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1384219
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 44168.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) MYD35651; 2103 (Cumbria County Council SMR).

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 396
Periodical Articles
- 1988 May, Sedbergh Historian Newsletter
  1986, Sedbergh Historian Vol. 2.4
  Sedbergh Historian Vol. 1.5
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- English Heritage, 2006, Extensive Urban Survey - Cumbria (Cumbria County Council) Download copy

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