Hornby Hall

Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameHornby Hall
Alternative Names
Historic CountryWestmorland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishBrougham

Probably mid 16th century altered in the early 17th century. The kitchen may be on the site of a tower house, which would be earlier than the mid 16th century. (PastScape)

Hornby Hall, now three tenements, 1,050 yards E. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. It was built probably about the middle of the 16th century by Edward Birkbeck; the porch was built c. 1584 and alterations were made early in the 17th century. (RCHME 1936)

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY569299
Latitude54.6626281738281
Longitude-2.66950011253357
Eastings356900
Northings529900
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Books

  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 283 (plan)
  • RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p. 62-3 no. 6 online transcription
  • Curwen, J.F., 1932, 'Parishes (West Ward): St Ninian, Brougham' The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby p. 286 online transcription
  • Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 13) p. 433, 438 (mention)
  • Taylor, M.W., 1892, Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 8) p. 81-87 online copy

Antiquarian

  • Manuscripts of the Reverend Thomas Machell, vicar of Kirkby Thore (d 1698) Vol. 1 (preserved at the Cumberland Record Office)

Journals

  • Brunskill, R.W., 1957, 'The Development of the large house in the Eden Valley 1350-1840' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 57 p. 83 online copy
  • 1949, 'Proceedings' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 49 p. 186 online copy
  • Collingwood, W.G., 1926, 'An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Westmorland and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 26 p. 13 online copy
  • Taylor, M.W., 1880, 'On some Manorial Halls in Westmorland' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 4 p. 392- online copy