Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Broughton Tower | |
| locality:- | Broughton in Furness | |
| parish |
Broughton West parish, once
in Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s; tower; park | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD21398791 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD28
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| 1Km square | SD2187 | |
 Broughton Tower -- Broughton in Furness -- Broughton West -- Cumbria / -- 12.6.2006 | ||
| old text:- |
Camden 1789 (Gough
Additions)
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| Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. | ||
| Page 143:- | ||
| Broughton, the seat of a family of that name till forfeited t. Henry VII. by sir Thomas Broughton for joining Lambert Simnel. He is said to have fallen in the battle of Stoke 1487, but others say he escaped to Witherslack in Westmorland, where he lived long undiscovered among his tenants, and was buried there in the chapel since rebuilt at a considerable distance from the old site by dean Borwick 1664. It belongs now to the Sawreys and has a considerable market for woollen yarn, and a neat square built by the Sawreys. | ||
| person:- | : Broughton Family | |
| person:- | : Broughton, Thomas | |
| person:- | : Simnel, Lambert | |
| person:- | : Sawrey Family | |
| date:- | 1789 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1780s | |
| old map:- |
West 1784 map
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| A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821. | ||
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| tower | ||
| county:- | Lancashire | |
| old map:- |
Bowen and Kitchin 1760
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| New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87. | ||
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| outline of fence palings | ||
| date:- | 1760 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1760s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| BROUGHTON TOWER SPECIAL SCHOOL / / / BROUGHTON WEST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 75801 / SD2139787917 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| House, now school. C14 pele tower, extended to south mid to late C18, wings added 1882-3, C20 additions. Stone rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. South facade of 2 storeys with basement and 8 bays, 3-bay centre breaks forward, 1st and 7th and 8th bays form projecting wings. Quoins and coped embattled parapet. Ogee-headed windows have architraves and are sashed, with glazing bars, with octagonal and square quarries and intersecting glazing bars to heads, but wings have single glazing bars and Y tracery heads. Porch has embattled parapet and ogee-headed entrance up steps, with clustered shafts, pinnacles and fleuron. 3-storey pele tower visible to rear, with embattled parapet and blind Diocletian window. Cross-axial stacks. North elevation has pele tower to centre with embattled parapet with escutcheon. Pointed windows, paired with balcony to ground floor, similar windows to returns. Flanking lean-to bays to returns have gable-end stacks; low C20 single storey projections. Wing to east has 3-storey round tower to angle. Windows are pointed with sashes. Wing to west has square turret and 2-storey, 2 bay service wing with smaller wing to west; sashed windows and hipped roof. S Rainwater heads dated: "ES/1777", "R C7/17/44" and "IS/1837". West elevation has ogee-headed windows as to south elevation and ogee-headed entrance. Interior has rooms with ribbed ceilings. Hall has dog leg stair with open string and 2 balusters to the tread. Landing has 2 segmental arches. Re-set French early C16 portal has shaped pediment. Dining room has re-set Italian Renaissance chimney piece. Vaulted basement and spiral stair to former pele tower. | ||
| placename:- | Broughton Tower Special School | |
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building -- pele tower | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD21398791 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| GATE AND GATE PIERS APPROXIMATELY 67 METRES TO NORTH OF BROUGHTON TOWER / / / BROUGHTON WEST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75802 / SD2143187979 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Gate mid gatepiers. Probably C18. Ashlar and cast iron. Square piers have paired Tuscan angle pilasters with bands. Cornice and 4 simple pinnacles to each pier. Paired cast iron gates with spear finials. | ||
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building -- gate; gate piers | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD21438797 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| GATEWAY TO BROUGHTON TOWER / / THE SQUARE / BROUGHTON WEST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75835 / SD2123187640 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Gateway. Probably C19. Dressed stone and ashlar with some rock-faced dressings. Square ashlar piers with Tuscan angle pilasters, caps with ball finials. Flanking walls are canted forward with coping raised to centres above round arches. Cast iron gates have ramped tops and decorative finials. | ||
| district:- | South Lakeland | |
| listed building -- gateway | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD21238764 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| hearsay |
The Broughton Family lived here. The ?last was Sir Thomas
Broughton who died at the Battle of Stoke Field, 1487, at
the end of the Wars of the Roses.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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