Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Toppin Castle | |
| parish |
Hayton parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| castle | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY49665705 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY45
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| 1Km square | NY4957 | |
 Toppin Castle -- Hayton -- Cumbria / -- 11.3.2009 | ||
 Toppin Castle -- Hayton -- Cumbria / -- 11.3.2009 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Cmd 24 3)
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| 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:- | Toppin Castle | |
| castle | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| TOPPIN CASTLE / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78057 / NY4961957047 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Farmhouse, imitating tower house. Mid C19 for George Head Head. Hammer dressed red sandstone with large quoins and modillioned battlemented parapet hiding roof. 4-storey square tower with hexagonal 5-storey angle stair turret, 2- storey, 2-bay extension to rear. C20 glazed door has chamfered round arch. One- and 2- and 3-light lancet windows have steel and wooden casements with glazing bars and chamfered stone surrounds. Recessed carved panel of coat of arms of the patron. | ||
| placename:- | Toppin Castle | |
| district:- | Carlisle | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY49615704 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| BARNS EAST OF TOPPIN CASTLE / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78058 / NY4966057053 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Barns for Toppin Castle. Mid C19, same date as house. Dressed red sandstone with angle buttresses; Welsh slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. 2 storeys, numerous bays. Large projecting cart entrance has gabled roof with coping and kneelers; plank doors have chamfered surround, elliptical arch and hood mould. Slit vents have chamfered surrounds. Lean-to building has corrugated asbestos roof. L-shaped buildings extend to left, with slit vents and plank doors; that at right angles has corrugated asbestos roof. Included partly for G.V. with Toppin Castle. | ||
| district:- | Carlisle | |
| listed building -- barn | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY49665705 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| GATE PIERS SOUTH EAST OF TOPPIN CASTLE / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78059 / NY4963857032 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Gate piers to Toppin Castle. Mid C19, same date as house. Red sandstone. 2 short square piers have battlemented and chamfered caps. Included partly for G.V. with Toppin Castle. | ||
| district:- | Carlisle | |
| listed building -- gate piers | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY49635703 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| photographs | ||
| Toppin Castle -- Hayton -- Cumbria / -- 11.3.2009 -- Coat of arms, | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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