CONISTON HALL

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Large, two storeyed, T-shaped building of late 16th century date, partially restored in 1815. The south east wing may be earlier than the remainder of the house. Part of the original house is used as a barn while the house itself is used as a farmhouse and sailing club. At the north west corner are the foundations of a building which has been interpreted as a possible pele tower. Earthworks north west of the house may represent the remains of two fishponds.

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SD 3044 9634: Coniston Hall (NR) (1)

Coniston Hall a two storied T-shaped building of 16th century date with some restoration in 1815. Part of original house now used as a barn Gde II*. (2)

"In a field a few yards north of the west wing ... there are foundations of an oblong rectangular building 50 by 18 feet ... The deer park extended to the High Road on the west and to Hoathwaite Beck, the boundary of Torver in the south. It contains pits which must have been fishponds". The hall is in fair condition and now used as farmhouse and store. (3)

SD 3040 9638: In the field northwest of the house is a rectangular marshy depression 15 metres x 4 metres bounded by a bank 4.5 metres to 6.5 metres wide with a maximum height of 0.9 metres. A few stones on the inner side of the bank suggests a revetment. This feature is evidently that referred to in Authority 3 as the foundations of a rectangular building 'north of west wing' but the present state of the remains suggest a medieval fishpond. A vague depression immediately west may be the remains of a similar feature. The exact limits of the deer park could not be
ascertained. The hollows within the area, referred to by Authority 3 as fishponds are all natural depressions or the result of surface quarrying. Immediately south of the hall, surface irregularities and vague platforms possibly indicate the site of buildings associated with the hall. (4)

Coniston Hall, Grade 2*, (see list for details). (5)

In the late Mediaeval period, Coniston was the seat of the Fleming family. There are several references to the demolished foundations of what is interpreted as a tower base predating the present buildings. Plan and illustration. (6)

Listed by Cathcart King. (7)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1919

( 2a) Victoria County History of Lancashire

1914 8 Page(s)367-8

( 2) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

MHLG Prov List North Lonsdale RD Lancs Aug 1962 40

( 3) Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

1910 (W GCollingwood) 10 Page(s)354-68

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 EG 21-AUG-57

( 5) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) District of South Lakeland, Cumbria, 22nd Sept 1987 Page(s)37

(6) Denis R Perriam and John Robinson 1998 The medieval fortified buildings of Cumbria : an illustrated gazetteer and research guide

Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society extra series vol.29 Page(s)378-9

(7) by David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery

Page(s)249

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