Calgarth Hall
Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | Calgarth Hall |
| Alternative Names | Calfgarth |
| Historic Country | Westmorland |
| Modern Authority | Cumbria |
| 1974 Authority | Cumbria |
| Civil Parish | Windermere |
A two storey house which dates from the early C16 onwards. It is made from limewashed stone rubble and has old slate roofs. The east front is long and low. The centre portion has two windows on the ground floor and three above. The south wing contains former barns and has the remains of a projecting chimney. A range of stables adjoin this wing. The house was the seat of the Philipson family from the early C16 to 1717. C14 door may be from an earlier house, and there is evidence of an earlier building including C15 kitchen and possible tower. (PastScape)
Calgarth Hall, on the E. bank of the lake nearly 1 m. N.W. of the modern church of St. Mary, is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. A 14th or 15th-century doorway in the side wall of the porch indicates the existence of a mediæval house and if this is in situ further indicates that the original building lay at right-angles to the existing one. The existing main block is of two dates, the S. part perhaps representing the earlier building; the N. cross-wing was built late in the 16th or early in the 17th century and the S. part seems to have been reconstructed at a later date. The Scullery is a 17th-century alteration or rebuilding and the Dairy is modern. The house belonged to the family of Philipson down to the early part of the 18th century.
The house is remarkable for its plaster decorations. (RCHME 1936)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | SD398996 |
| Latitude | 54.3889694213867 |
| Longitude | -2.9273099899292 |
| Eastings | 339830 |
| Northings | 499680 |
