Lamplugh Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Lamplugh Castle

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

OS Map Grid Reference: NY088207
Latitude 54.57346° Longitude -3.41094°

Lamplugh Hall has been described as a certain Pele Tower.

There are no visible remains.

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

Description

Lamplugh Castle, which stood near the old Roman road leading from Egremont to Cockermouth. The Lamplughs held it in the time of Henry II., and the old hall continued as the residence of the knightly family of the Lamplughs down to the period of the Civil War. The old tower of Lamplugh was a bulky square building with high ramparts, and extremely massive, with walls nine feet thick. At the beginning of the present century the tower was still standing with some of its loopholed walls and surrounding buildings, until in 1821, it was ruthlessly destroyed and replaced by a farmhouse. (Taylor 1892)

the old hall, the ancient residence of this knightly family, has been replaced by a substantial farm house. The gateway bears on a shield the date 1595. The tower was taken down in 1821, when it was found that the mortar was harder than the stone itself, and the walls, being eight feet thick, required the force of gunpowder to rend them asunder. (Mannix and Whellan 1847)

A gateway dated 1595, with a coat-of-arms and a name on a 20th century facsimile panel over the entrance, after the gate was partly rebuilt in 1961. It is of tooled ashlar. The central entrance has continuous roll-moulding and a flattened, pointed head under a rectangular hoodmould. The core may be 14th century. (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1086673
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 8898; 510142.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 4468.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Visit Cumbria
  Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Books
- Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 70
  Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 106
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 93
  Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 13) p. 292
  Taylor, M.W., 1892, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 8) p. 338 online copy
  Mannix and Whellan, 1847, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland (Beverley) p. 342 view online copy
Periodical Articles
- Taylor, S., 1951, 'The old tower of Lamplugh' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 51 p. 142-6 online copy
  Taylor, S., 1938, 'The Lamplugh Family in Cumberland' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 38 p. 71-137 online copy
  Collingwood, W.G., 1923, 'An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Cumberland' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 23 p. 258 online copy
  Dickinson, W., 1882-3, 'Reminiscences of Lamplugh Hall' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 6 p. 186-9 online copy
  1821 Dec 15, Carlisle Journal

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