Denton Foot
Has been described as a Certain Bastle
There are major building remains
| Name | Denton Foot |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Cumberland |
| Modern Authority | Cumbria |
| 1974 Authority | Cumbria |
| Civil Parish | Nether Denton |
Bastle, now a house. Dated 1594 on lintel and initials C.B. (Christopher Bell), with early C19 additions and alterations. Calciferous sandstone rubble walls over 2m thick, on chamfered plinth and large flush quoins; Welsh slate roof and coped gables, C19 cream brick chimney stacks. 2-storey, 3-bay original house, with extension of 2 storeys, 2 bays to left. Original house now has C19 2-pane sash windows with chamfered surrounds; central upper floor window has been recut through filled entrance, with reused dated lintel. Side wall right has filled ground floor entrance and small attic window. Rear wall has 2 small original first floor windows with original iron grilles. (Listed Building Report)
The two-storey building, measuring 13.0m x 7.2m with walls up to 1.7m thick at ground level, has been modernised and forms part of a private dwelling. At first floor level are three small, plain-chamfered window openings, probably original, two in the N wall, and the other in the E gable end (F1 DS 07-DEC-71).
NY 572623 Denton Foot The bastle stands in a hollow near the Castle Beck. Now modernised and used as a farmhouse; a reused lintel has CB 1594 engraved on it. A Christopher Bell had a tenement with 26 acres of enclosed ground here (Ramm et al). (PastScape)
Denton Foot is lived in, but clearly with very thick walls, two metalled windows and a datestone of 1594. (Site report from Catherine Bancroft Jan 2009)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | NY571624 |
| Latitude | 54.9543991088867 |
| Longitude | -2.67028999328613 |
| Eastings | 357180 |
| Northings | 562400 |
