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Gilthwaiterigg, Kendal

In the civil parish of Kendal.
In the historic county of Westmorland.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.

OS Map Grid Reference: SD52119525
Latitude 54.3499° Longitude -2.737°

Gilthwaiterigg, Kendal has been described as a Fortified Manor House although is doubtful that it was such.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

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

Description

Probable C15, but much altered and modernised (RCHME). Early C17 hall with cross wings built on C15 core. If either of the crosswings had been crenellated, there would be no doubt that it had been a fortified house (Perriam and Robinson). (PastScape)

Early C16 with later additions and alterations. Slobbered rubble with quoins, partly wet-dashed. Graduated slate roofs with outshuts added to rear; ball finials to gables. Large, original, stepped, rendered chimney to right of centre; other end chimneys. 2 gabled dormers. Hall with cross-wings; 2 storeys, 5 bays overall... (Listed Building Report)

Apart from Perriam and Robinson's assertion that if a crosswing had been crenellated the house would been fortified there is little evidence of this being a fortified house.

Links to mapping and other online resources
Data >	PastScape			Listing	I. O. E.
Maps >	OS getamap	Streetmap	Old-Maps	Where's the path
Data/Maps >	Magic	V. O. B.	EarthTools
Air Photos >	Bing Maps	Google Maps	Getmapping	Flashearth
Photos >	CastleFacts	Geograph	Flickr	Panoramio

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1145706
English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 43170.
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 340
  RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p. 213
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.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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This record last updated on Friday, May 3, 2013

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