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Gale Hall

Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower, and also as a Possible Bastle

There are no visible remains

Name	Gale Hall
Alternative Names	Towerwise
Historic Country	Cumberland
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Ousby

Gale Hall, the site of which is occupied by a modern farmhouse, was formerly the capital messuage of the manor of Gale, and contained a tower, demolished since 1677. (PastScape ref. Perriam and Robinson)

'the house of Anthony Hutton Esqr built Towerwise and that not long since either by Sir Wm Hutton this gentleman's great grandfather or else by the said Sir William his father Anthony...' He goes on to illustrat a coat-of-arms in the best chamber window. (Perriam and Robinson citing Singleton 1677)

Gale is another small manor, partly in this parish {Melmerby} and partly in Ousby, which formerly belonged to the Huttons, of Hutton Hall, but is now possessed by the lord of the manor of Melmerby. Gale Hall, the ancient manorial residence, was rebuilt in 1866, and is occupied as a farmstead. (Bulmer)

Gatehouse Comments

Possibility that something may be built into present house.A C16/C17 building of gentry status built 'towerwise'. Was this a chamber block attached to a hall or a superior bastle with chambers over storage space? The former (a pele tower) was usual for gentry status houses in this area for the C14-C16 but the later comes in the C16.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

1389433

County Historic Environment Record

maps.cumbria.gov.uk/eggp/eggp.aspx?dept=Environment&scriptname=1%20Historic%20Environment

OS Map Grid Reference	NY629364
Latitude	54.7219085693359
Longitude	-2.57698011398315
Eastings	362900
Northings	536400