St Bees Priors Pele

Has been described as a Certain Pele Tower

There are no visible remains

NameSt Bees Priors Pele
Alternative NamesAbbey Farmhouse
Historic CountryCumberland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishSt Bees

Tower, probably the Prior's Pele, was demolished by 1816 when the cloister of St Bees Priory was cleared for the vicarage garden. It is shown on a print of St Bees church of 1773 as to the North East of the church. (PastScape–ref. Perriam and Robinson)

Gatehouse Comments

One of two towers associated with St Bees Priory site. The other being the Gatehouse Pele

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNX969121
Latitude54.4941787719727
Longitude-3.59345006942749
Eastings296900
Northings512150
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 99 (slight)
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 98
  • Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  • Grose, Francis, 1783 (new edn orig 1756), Antiquities of England and Wales (London) Vol. 1 p. 43-6 online copy

Journals

  • Tyson, Blake, 1985, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society Vol. 29 p. 201
  • Fox, P.H., 1914, 'Proceedings' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 14 p. 480-1 online copy

Other

  • English Heritage, 2006, Extensive Urban Survey - Cumbria (Cumbria County Council) Download copy