Torpenhow Hall

Has been described as a Questionable Uncertain

There are no visible remains

NameTorpenhow Hall
Alternative Names
Historic CountryCumberland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishBlennerhasset and Torpenhow

G.T. Clark states 'Torpenhow on the Ellen seems to have been fortified'

'Torpenhow Hall, the seat of the Applebys, Moresbys and Fletchers, which was situated about a hundred yards to the northeast of the churchyard has entirely disappeared.' The present Topenhow Hall is 16th century.

Clark could have meant Snittlegarth. (Perriam and Robinson 1998)

Gatehouse Comments

Location approximate, nothing shown on 1st edition 6in OS map of 1868, the given reference is for a small field, does this represent the site? Nothing to suggest a moat here. See also Snittergarth Moat.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY206399
Latitude54.7480010986328
Longitude-3.23458003997803
Eastings320600
Northings539900
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Books

  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 25

Journals

  • Clark, G.T., 1882, 'On the Mediaeval Defences of the English Border' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 6 p. 48 online copy
  • Gem, C.H., 1878, 'Torpenhow Church' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 3 p. 35 online copy