GILTHWAITERIGG

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House built in the 15th-early 16th century, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed from slobbered rubble with quoins, partly wet-dashed, with graduated slate roofs with outshuts added to the rear. The house consists of a hall with cross wings and is two storeyed.

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(SD 52119525) Gilthwaiterigg (NAT). (1)

Probable 15th. century, but much altered and modernised. (2)

Early 17th century hall with cross wings built on a 15th century core. If either of the crosswings had been crenellated, there would be no doubt that it had been a fortified house. (3)

Listed Building Grade II*. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1956

( 2) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 1936 An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland

Page(s)213

(3) 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)340

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

District of South Lakeland, 30-jan-1985

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