Dalston Hall NY 376515
DALSTON HALL NY 376515
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1087441
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Dalston Hall NY 376515
- Statutory Address:
- DALSTON HALL NY 376515
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1087441
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Dalston Hall NY 376515
- Statutory Address 1:
- DALSTON HALL NY 376515
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DALSTON HALL NY 376515
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Dalston
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 37658 51566
Details
NY 35 SE DALSTON Dalston
8/126
Dalston Hall 1
NY 376515
II*
Fortified house now hotel. Mid or late C15, dated by inscription below parapet:
JOHN DALLSTON ELSABET MI WYF MAD YS BYLDYNG. West wing c1556 for Sir John
Dalston, with central block of c1620; late C17 alterations and further
extensions, dated 1899 on lead rainwater heads, by C.J. Ferguson for E.W.
Stead. Large blocks of red and calciferous sandstone. Flat lead roofs on
towers; graduated greenslate roofs on wings; ashlar chimney stacks. 3-storey
C15 tower to right; 4-storey C16 tower to left, linked together by Cl6 wing with
early C17 2-storey projecting entrance bay; flanked by late C19 wings and C19
extension to rear. Early tower has extremely thick walls on chamfered plinth
with string courses and battlemented parapet. Angle stair turret projecting
above parapet has 4 C15 carved shields of arms of the Kirkbride and Dalston
families. 2-light stone mullioned windows in moulded surrounds under hood
moulds. 3-light first floor window with rounded heads in round arch. Interior:
stone vaulted basement, now library. newel staircase for full 3 storeys to
roof. Ground floor inner yett of iron is C15. Bedroom above has mural recess:
former fireplace cut through to form bathroom. Wing to left has plank door in
roll-moulded architrave. 2- and 3-light stone mullioned windows in roll-moulded
architraves. Roll-moulded cornice has cannon-like water spouts. Battlemented
tower to left with similar 2- and 3-light windows. Side wall to right has
corbelled-out semicircular stair turret from first floor to roof. C19
extensions have stone mullioned windows imitating the earlier work. C20
extension to extreme right is not of interest. Interior of C16 wing was
extensively altered by C.J. Ferguson in Arts and Crafts style; banqueting hall
inglenook with firehood of pewter dated 1900 with initials E.W.S. Ground floor
room on extreme left has fireplace with William de Morgan tiles.
Listing NGR: NY3765851566
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 78312
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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