Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Irton Hall | |
| other name:- | Irton Hall School | |
| parish |
Irton with Santon parish,
once in Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY10540056 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY10
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| 1Km square | NY1000 | |
 Irton Hall -- Irton with Santon -- Cumbria / -- 11.5.2006 | ||
| old map:- |
Jansson 1646
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| 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. | ||
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| Irton | ||
| Buildings and tower. | ||
| placename:- | Irton | |
| county:- | Cumberland | |
| date:- | 1646 | |
| period:- | 17th century, early; 1640s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| MAIN HOUSE AT IRTON HALL / / / IRTON WITH SANTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76244 / NY1047300563 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Large house, now school (empty at time of survey, July 1984). 1874 enlargement of Hall by Grayson for J.L. Burns Lindow. Coursed, squared rubble with quoins on chamfered plinth; embattled parapet carried on moulded eaves with gargoyles at angles. Hipped, graduated slate roofs with stone chimneys. 2 storeys. 3-bay entrance front (2:1) has offset plank door, with decorative ironwork, in full-height porch. Mullioned windows (lst floor transomed). Long and varied garden front. Listed as it forms an integral part of Irton Hall; C20 additions not of interest. | ||
| placename:- | Irton Hall | |
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY10470056 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| CLOCK TOWER AT IRTON HALL / / / IRTON WITH SANTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76245 / NY1050400611 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Clock tower; c1874 (by Grayson?) for J.L. Burns Lindow. Rough-dressed stone with rusticated corbels carrying parapet to tower. Graduated slate roofs; tower roof swept, pyramidal, with wind-vane on buttressed open timber bellcote. 4-stage tower with single-storey outbuilding adjoining; plank door at base of tower. Included for group value. | ||
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building -- clock tower | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY10500061 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| MEDIEVAL TOWER INCORPORATED INTO IRTON HALL / / / IRTON WITH SANTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76243 / NY1048600579 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Fortified tower-house; C14, probably for Adam de Yrton. Now incorporated into school (empty at time of survey, July 1984). Granite random rubble with carved sandstone detailing; overhanging embattled parapet (C18 renewal?) carried on cavetto eaves moulding. Hipped, lead roof. 2 storeys, with attic and basement, 2 irregular bays. Assorted fenestration, some original with carved labels and cusped heads, some late C19. Interior has segmentally-vaulted basement and full-height newel stair. Main entrance now knocked through from school. | ||
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY10480057 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photocopy |
Parker 1901:-
series 2 vol.2 p.103 | |
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Parker, Charles A: 1901: Bells at Gosforth, Irton, and
Waberthwaite: TransCWAAS: series 2 vol.2: pp.99-107; and
plates
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| photographs | ||
| Irton Hall -- Irton with Santon -- Cumbria / -- Courtesy of the King George IV, Eskdale Green. | |
| hearsay |
14th century pele, incorporated in a 19th century mansion.
Henry VI is said to have hidden in a large oak tree in the grounds, during the Wars of the Roses, 1464. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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