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Thackwood

Has been described as a Rejected Pele Tower

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

Name	Thackwood
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Cumberland
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Dalston

House. Early C19, incorporating part of an earlier house dated 1681 with initials H.S. E.S. over entrance; mid C19 alterations. Painted rendered walls on squared plinth; graduated greenslate roof, painted rendered chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays. C20 gabled porch with 6-panel door. entrance left has C20 door in roll moulded surround and dated and inscribed lintel. Large mid C19 windows on ground floor, smaller C19 stone-mullioned windows, all with hood moulds. Central C19 gabled dormer. Attached outbuildings are of no interest. (Listed Building Report)

A house built in the early 19th century, incorporating part of an earlier house dated 1681. Alterations took place in the mid 19th century. There are painted rendered walls on squared plinth and there is a graduated greenslate roof with painted rendered chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high with five bays. There is a 20th century gabled porch. There are outbuildings attached to the house. A 17th century mural staircase in stone probably led to a lookout tower. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Included by Perriam and Robinson but in terms that suggest a rejection as a medieval fortified site although it is not at all clear that it was ever suggested as one.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number

Historic England Listed Building number(s)

1054813

Images Of England

78290

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

510076

County Historic Environment Record

www.cumbria.gov.uk/planning-environment/countryside/historic-environment/HER.asp

OS Map Grid Reference	NY386436
Latitude	54.7842292785645
Longitude	-2.95474004745483
Eastings	338694
Northings	543674