Description

NY 56 SE NETHER DENTON

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1.4.57 Denton Hall and
- adjoining barn/
stables

G.V. I

Farmhouse, formerly tower house and hall. C14 tower for Denton family, with
extensions dated 1829 over entrance, as part of the Earl of Carlisle's estate.
Tower has walls over 2 metres thick of large blocks of calciferous sandstone
rubble; extensions of mixed calciferous and red sandstone rubble with ashlar
quoins; graduated green slate roof with coped gables and kneelers, cream brick
chimney stacks on ashlar bases. Extended front, 2 storeys, 3 bays. 6-panel
door with radial fanlight has alternate block surround and round arch with dated
keystone. Sash windows with glazing bars have plain raised stone surrounds.
Original tower still stands 3 storeys high, walls partly reduced in height when
gabled roof added; walls now partly internal but part of rear wall and side wall
of the extended house are the tower walls. Rear has gabled C19 porch and C19
2-light mullioned windows. Left of porch is C19, but large footing stones
suggest this is on the earlier foundations of the hall. Interior of tower is in
an unaltered condition and has many features not visible from the outside and
now covered by later buildings. Ground floor is not vaulted; splayed window in
north wall has been enlarged. Newel staircase has ground floor entrance in
south angle of east wall. First floor room has filled 2-light mullioned window
in south wall with shouldered rear arch, splayed and with 2 step window seat;
flanking narrow entrances have shouldered arches, that to left leads to stair and
right is garderobe with small square filled window. Similar splayed window in
west wall has also been filled; enlarged splayed window in north wall. Filled
fireplace in east wall, retains its hearth stone. Corbel stones for original
ceiling are still in place, with later ceiling on a similar level, supported on
beams sunk into wall. Second floor is now in roof space; stair continues up for
4-5 steps and stops. Adjoining barn/stables of 2 storeys, 4 bays, have
whitewashed walls, plank doors and similar mullioned windows to rear of house.
Encircling dry moat and earthworks remain in part. See Curwen, Castles & Towers
of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1913, p276-7. Detached barn is listed separately.

Listing NGR: NY5783963049

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530454

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)