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Denton Foot
Hob Uid: 12674
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Nether Denton
Grid Ref : NY5718062400
Summary : House, built as a bastle. Dated 1594 on lintel, with early 19th century additions and alterations. Built of sandstone rubble with Welsh slate roof.
More information : (NY 5718 6240) Peel (GT) (Remains of) (1) 14th c Pele tower, 42-1/2' x 26', upper part pulled down and gabled over. (2) The two-storey building, measuring 13.0m x 7.2m with walls up to 1.7m thick at ground level, has been modernised and forms part of a private dwelling. At first floor level are three small, plain-chamfered window openings, probably original, two in the N wall, and the other in the E gable end. See photograph. (3) NY 572623 Denton Foot The bastle stands in a hollow near the Castle Beck. Now modernised and used as a farmhouse; a reused lintel has CB 1594 engraved on it. A Christopher Bell had a tenement with 26 acres of enclosed ground here. (4) Denton Foot House, formerly a fortified farmhouse (bastle). Dated 1594 on lintel with early 19th century alterations and additions. Grade 2. (5) NY 572623. Listed as a bastle by Cathcart King. (6)

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Source details : Curwin J F 1913 Castles and Towers of Cumberland
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Dated 1594
Monument End Date : 1594
Monument Start Date : 1594
Monument Type : Bastle, Date Stone
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Early C19
Monument End Date : 1832
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 78067
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 56 SE 10
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-12-07
End Date : 1971-12-07

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Denton Foot