Maulds Meaburn Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Meaburn Hall; Medburn; Maudesmeburn

In the civil parish of Crosby Ravensworth.
In the historic county of Westmorland.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.
Medieval County of Westmorland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NY62401707
Latitude 54.54735° Longitude -2.58258°

Maulds Meaburn Hall has been described as a probable Tower House.

There are no visible remains.

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

Description

Site of medieval hall house, fortified house and tower house, demolished in 1610 and replaced by the present hall house. (PastScape)
The south wing of the present house contains foundations of the old tower which was demolished in 1610. (PastScape–ref. Perriam and Robinson)

Maulds Meaburn Hall, nearly 1 m. N. of the church, is partly of two and partly of three storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. The property belonged to the Vernon family in the later middle ages and passed from them to Sir John Lowther in 1602. It ceased to be a residence of that family c. 1750. The main block of the house seems to have been re-built late in the 16th century, but may incorporate earlier walls. The S. wing was dated 1610 and appears to have been altered in 1676 when the staircase-wing was added. The buildings at the N. end of the main block were added late in the 17th and during the 18th century. The S. part of the main block was pulled down after 1750 and re-built, of one storey only, in the 19th century. (RCHME 1936)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1018934, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 32844
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1326730
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 13321.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 1698.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Maulds Meaburn
  Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Books
- Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 98 (slight)
  Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 292-3 (plan)
  Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p. 130-132
  RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p. 80-1 no. 6 online transcription
  Curwen, J.F., 1932, ''Parishes (West Ward): St Laurence, Crosby Ravensworth' The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby p. 302-24 online transcription
  Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 13) p. 303, 433, 442
  Bland, J.S. (edited by F.H.M. Parker), 1910, Vale of Lyvennet, its picturesque peeps and legendary lore (Kendal: Titus Wilson) p. 56-78 online copy
  Taylor, M.W., 1892, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 8) p. 112-115 online copy
  Hodgson, J., 1810, Topographical and Historical Description of Westmoreland p. 146-7 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Ragg, F.W., 1912, 'Maud's Meaburn and Newby: de Veteripont, le Franceys, and de Vernon' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 12 p. 312-396 online copy
  Ragg, F.W., 1911, 'Mauld's Meaburn, and le Fraunceys and de Hastings' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 11 p. 277- online copy
  Curwen, J.F., 1908, 'Maulds Meaburn Hall' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 8 p. 75-81 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), 1913, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1367-70) Vol. 14 p. 64 online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Clare, T., 1982, A Report on Medieval Fortified Sites in Cumbria (Cumbria CC)

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