We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 54.8751 / 54°52'30"N
Longitude: -2.8297 / 2°49'47"W
OS Eastings: 346854
OS Northings: 553687
OS Grid: NY468536
Mapcode National: GBR 8DP2.56
Mapcode Global: WH804.HQQJ
Plus Code: 9C6VV5GC+24
Entry Name: Salmon Coops to South of Corby Castle
Listing Date: 1 April 1957
Last Amended: 22 September 1983
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087677
English Heritage Legacy ID: 77727
ID on this website: 101087677
Location: Wetheral, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA4
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Civil Parish: Wetheral
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Wetheral Holy Trinity and St Constantine
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
WETHERAL GREAT CORBY
NY 45 SE
9/145 Salmon coops to South
of Corby Castle
(formerly listed
under Byre Hill Farm)
I
Salmon coops. C12, with later repairs, for Wetheral Priory. Structure similar
to that of a bridge with 3 splayed cutwater piers of dressed red sandstone and 2
abutments built into the bed and bank of the River Eden, between the east bank
and Monk's Island, where the river flows in 2 channels (it is thought that the
monks. created the east channel especially to catch salmon, although it could be
a natural feature). Between the piers and abutments are a series of wooden pans
and sluice-gates, intended for catching salmon going upstream to spawn, which
can be cleared by means of trap-doors above; and a cat-walk extending over the
piers as a bridge. It is difficult to date any part of this structure, but it
could well retain features of a C12 date: documents relating to the Priory
include references to the necessary Royal licenses, requires for the strict
control of such a structure. After the dissolution, the coops passed to the
Howard family of Corby Castle, who still own them and use them occasionally.
There is a wooden crane on the bank, which was probably intended for lifting the
pens in and out of the water. Illustrated; Country Life, 7 January 1954, p.34.
Listing NGR: NY4685453687
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
