MUNCASTER CASTLE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1068780
- Date first listed:
- 08-Sep-1967
- Statutory Address:
- MUNCASTER CASTLE, A595
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- MUNCASTER CASTLE, A595
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cumbria
- District:
- Copeland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Muncaster
- National Park:
- LAKE DISTRICT
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 10355 96332
Details
SD 19 NW MUNCASTER A595 (off South side)
18/72 Muncaster Castle
8.9.67 I
Large house incorporating (C13?) fortified tower in the south-west corner;
remodelled and enlarged 1862-66 by Anthony Salvin for the 4th Lord Muncaster.
Coursed rubble with quoins and sandstone detailing; embattled parapets, some
carried on cavetto eaves. Graduated slate roofs; corniced stone chimneys.
U-shaped plan with tower at end of each arm; mainly 2 and 3 storeys. Main
entrance on south side in full-height porch. Scattered fenestration, mainly
C19, of multi-light stone-mullioned (and transomed) windows. Very fine interior
includes panelled Hall, drawing room (with decorative plasterwork to segmental
ceiling), and octagonal library with galleries. For detailed description, see
Pevsner, BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND : CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND pp165 and 166 (1980
edition).
Listing NGR: SD1035596332
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 76270
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, (1967), 165-166
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, (1970), 165-166
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 9 Cumbria,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
