Skelsmergh Hall |
| Hob Uid: 43168 | |
Location :
Cumbria
South Lakeland
Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg
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| Grid Ref : SD5313095890 |
| Summary : Tower house, probably built in 1425, with a late 16th century wing to the south and an early 17th century wing to the east. The tower, now an outbuilding, is three storeyed externally, but has no internal second storey. The remainder of the house has been divided to form two dwellings. An antiquarian source had identified this as the site of the Chapel of St John the Baptist and its burial ground. Recent evidence suggests, however, that the location of the chapel was, in fact, further north. |
More information : (SD 53139589) Skelsmergh Hall (NAT). (1)
One wing is a pele-tower, probably 15th. century. The attached house is late 16th-early 17th. century, with later additions. (2)
A chapel of St. John the Baptist and its burial ground once
existed at Skelsmergh Hall, (or possibly only at Skelsmergh -
passage ambiguous). In 1680 it was noted that part of the choir walls were standing and that a stream from St. John's Well
ran through it from E. to W. No trace now remains. (3)
Skelsmergh Hall, a typical semi-fortified manor house with
attached pele tower, grade 2. (4)
Tower house of circa 1425, 16th century parlour, extended in the 17th century. Plan, illustration and photo. (5)
According to Tyson, this was not the site of St John's well and Chapel. Evidence suggests they they were in fact located further north, near SD53059708. (6) |