GRAYRIGG HALL

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Grayrigg Hall - possible site of a Mediaeval fortified manor house.

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(SD5797) "Grayrigg Hall, the ancient manor house ... is
now totally in ruins ...". (1)

The present Grarigg Hall (NY SD57909757) is an 18th c. Farmhouse, though it has a 16th or early 17th c. barn. (2)

There are no visible remains of the manor house and its precise site cannot be established. (3)

Parson and White, writing in 1829 state that `the ancielt manor house was a strong old building, in a quadrangular form, adapted for defence more than for convenience'. Much of the lead and timber had been moved to Lowther. (4)

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( 1) General reference

Hist & Ants Westm & Cumb 1 1777, 114 (Nicolson & Burn)

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

MHLG (S Westm RD dEC 1951), 31

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RE 26-JUN-73

(4) 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)342

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