Wharton Hall
WHARTON HALL
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1137207
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1968
- Statutory Address:
- WHARTON HALL
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1137207
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1968
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHARTON HALL
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WHARTON HALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wharton
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- NY7706806226
Details
NY 70 NE
WHARTON
Wharton Hall
6/85
6.2.68
I
Large house of courtyard plan. In building between late C14 and C17. Coursed
rubble with quoins. Welsh slate roofs with projecting stone chimneys.
Crenelation to main (north-east) building. Various multi-light windows with square
heads, hoodmoulds and stone mullions. Substantial remains of Great Hall and kitchen.
Gatehouse virtually intact although lacking roof and floors. Wharton coat of arms
on the exterior. See R.C.H.M. for detailed description. For C17 description and
plan, see M.S. D/D&C/Machell III p.202 in Carlisle Record office. (From 6 vols of
notes towards a history of Cumberland & Westmorland by the Reverend Thomas Machell in the Dean & Chapter Library, Carlisle).
Listing NGR: NY7706806226
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 73046
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Machell, T, A History of Cumberland and Westmorland in A History of Cumberland and Westmorland, Vol. 3, (), 202
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