More information : 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) |