Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	High Head Castle
	other name:-	Highhead Castle
	parish	Skelton parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		castle
	coordinates:-	NY40214339
	10Km square:-	NY44
	1Km square	NY4043
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 38 4)
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
	placename:-	Highhead Castle
		castle
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		High Head Ca.
	placename:-	High Head Castle
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 -- probably relevant
		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 174:-
		...
		On the Caude ... is Highyate, a castle of the Richmonds, ...
	placename:-	Highyate Castle
	person:-	: Richmond Family
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		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 192:-
		...
		"Hyghhed castel six or seven miles from Cairluel by south on the beck on Ivebek." The inquisitions of the reign of Edward III. call it Pela de Highhead, and on the attainder of Andrew de Harcla it was granted to the Dacres. It was bought by the Richmonds t. Henry VIII. and still belongs to them.
	other name:-	Highhed Castel
	other name:-	Pela de Highhead
	other name:-	Highhead, Pela de
	person:-	: Harcla, Andrew de
	person:-	: Dacre Family
	person:-	: Richmond Family
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760 -- probably relevant
		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.
		Highgate Cas.
		circle and flag
	placename:-	Highgate Castle
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd) -- probably relevant
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
		goto source.
		Highgate Castle
		Circle, building with two towers.
	placename:-	Highgate Castle
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Highgate cast.
		Buildings and tower with flag.
	placename:-	Highgate Castle
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Highyate cast.
		circle, building, tower
	placename:-	Highyate Castle
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1576 -- probably relevant
		Map, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576; published 1579-1645.
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		Building with two towers, symbol for a castle.
		Highyate cast:
	placename:-	Highyate Castle
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		castle
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	text:-	Jackson 1990
		Jackson, M J
	other name:-	Heyheved tower
	other name:-	Hehed castle
	other name:-	Heighheved castle
	other name:-	Hyghett castle
	other name:-	Highened castle
	other name:-	Highed castle
	other name:-	Highyate castle
	other name:-	Hegatcastle
	other name:-	Highgate castle
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		THE ARCHES / / / SKELTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73950 / NY4022043373
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Stable range, barn and gin-gang for High Head Castle, now 4 dwellings. Dated 1747 internally with alterations dated 1853 and 1854; further C20 alterations. Front dressed red sandstone walls with ashlar dressings and V-jointed quoins, the rear and side walls of red sandstone rubble. Hipped Welsh slate roof with bottom courses of sandstone slates; sandstone and C20 brick chimney stacks. Front 2 storeys, 6 bays divided by central archway into 3-bay houses, with stables and barn around a rear courtyard, built against a bank so that the rear parts are 3 storeys,and semicircular gin-gang adjoining at lower level beyond barn. Segmental archway, with rusticated ashlar surround and voussoirs, under round patterned window and coped gable with ball finials. Houses have central C20 doors in quoined surrounds under keyed lintels. Sash windows with glazing bars in quoined surrounds under keyed lintels, on bracketed sills. Right return wall has central segmental quoined archway and flanking slit vents at high level, partly blocked at either end for the insertion of C20 windows. Right lower-level C20 panelled door in stone surround. Left return wall has irregular fenestration with windows of 3 periods on different levels. The lowest part of the wall is off-set with 4 regularly-spaced doorways and 3 flat stone-mullioned windows, one with its mullion removed; a left doorway blocked and C20 doorway cut through. Upper floors have small casement windows and tall loft doorway in C19 stone surrounds. Left C20 windows in cement surrounds. Rear wall has similar doorways, slit vents on 3 levels partly blocked for the insertion of C20 windows in cement surrounds. Adjoining gin-gang is off-centre with its roof removed. Inner courtyard has some blocked doorways and 2-light flat stone-mullioned windows, many with mullions removed. Various segmental archways, one dated 1854. Some C20 garage doors and C20 windows in cement surrounds. Listed for group value with High Head Castle.
	placename:-	Arches, The
	district:-	Eden
		listed building -- stable; gingang
	coordinates:-	NY40224337
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		GARDEN GATE, PIERS AND WALL IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WING OF HIGH HEAD CASTLE / / / SKELTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73947 / NY4028043369
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Gate piers and wall in front of High Head Castle. 1744-7. Red sandstone ashlar with calciferous sandstone dressings. Central square rusticated gate piers with front paired engaged fluted columns and rear pilastered niches, under shaped caps. Flanking low walls with moulded flat coping, ending at either side in further rusticated square piers. The winged figures which formerly surmounted the central piers have been moved to another location.
	district:-	Eden
		listed building -- gate piers; gate
	coordinates:-	NY40284336
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		HIGH HEAD CASTLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WING / / / SKELTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73946 / NY4027943334
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Country house in ruins, built on the site of a medieval castle. 1744-7, probably by James Gibbs for the Brougham family, partly destroyed by fire 1956. Red sandstone ashlar with string course, eaves modillions, open balustraded parapet and V-jointed quoins. Roofless but with banded ashlar sandstone chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 11 bays. Projecting pedimented 3-bay centre, with carved ornament in pediment, has central door in alternate-block surround with entablature and pediment. Stone window architraves. Return and rear walls are partly in ruins. Interior completely gutted. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new series, xi, pp.379-384; for the attribution to James Gibbs see G. Beard, 'The Greater House in Cumbria', 1979, pp...... Derelict and unoccupied at the time of survey; owner's application to demolish refused in 1985.
	district:-	Eden
		listed building
	coordinates:-	NY40274333
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		TUDOR WING WEST OF HIGH HEAD CASTLE / / / SKELTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73948 / NY4026543332
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Tudor wing of High Head Castle, partly incorporated in C18 wing, now in ruins. Mid C16 for the Richmond family with C19 and C20 alterations, partly destroyed by fire in 1956. Thick red sandstone rubble walls with eaves cornice and parapet; without roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays. The present facade, originally the rear, without doorways; the left open doorway is therefore C20; and 2 C19 doorways are now blocked to form windows. 4-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned windows, with rounded heads, under hoodmoulds; the small chamfered-surround windows are apparently C20 and ground-floor 2-light matching windows (in former doorways) are also C20. A right ground-floor window has been completely removed leaving an open arch, partly covered by a small ruined lean-to washhouse/outhouse which is probably C18 but on earlier foundations. The former facade was completely plastered over when the C18 wing was constructed and formed an internal dividing wall. Now the building is in ruins, the plaster falling off, revealing blocked 4-light chamfered windows and a panel of Richmond arms. A central staircase has been knocked through. The interior is partly filled with fallen rubble but retains some window seats and fireplace recesses. Whilst an integral part of the C18 Castle this was originally a free-standing building and should anything happen to the C18 wing, then this would revert to its original form and be the only visible remains of the medieval castle. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new series, xi, 379-384.
	district:-	Eden
		listed building
	coordinates:-	NY40264333
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		SERVANTS' WING NORTH WEST OF HIGH HEAD CASTLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WING / / / SKELTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73949 / NY4025943348
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Servants' wing for High Head Castle. Early C19. Dressed red sandstone with flush quoins, under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and ball finials; banded red sandstone ashlar chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain reveals. Right return wall has C20 door in plain opening. Left return wall has upper-floor round opening. Rear wall blank with central open pediment. Listed for group value with C18 wing of High Head Castle.
	district:-	Eden
		listed building
	coordinates:-	NY40254334
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		GATE PIERS BESIDE THE LODGE NORTH OF HIGH HEAD CASTLE / / / SKELTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73952 / NY4012944046
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Gate piers. Mid C18. Red sandstone ashlar. 2 square piers under shaped caps and ball finials. At the beginning of a long drive leading to High Head Castle.
	district:-	Eden
		listed building -- gate piers
	coordinates:-	NY40124404
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	old print:-
		Print, uncoloured engraving, The North West View of High Gate Castle, ie High Head Castle, Skelton, Cumberland, about 1769.
		Included in vol.3 p.43 of a set of castle pictures?
		printed at bottom:-
		The North West View of High Gate Castle, in the County of Cumberland.
		printed at top left of page:-
		Vol.III pa.43.
	placename:-	High Head Castle
	date:-	1769
	period:-	18th century, late
	hearsay	Ruined in a fire, 1956.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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