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| Finsthwaite Summer House Tower, Colton | ||
| Finsthwaite Summer House Tower | ||
| Pennington Lodge Tower | ||
| locality:- | Summer House Knott | |
| civil parish:- | Colton (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tower | |
| locality type:- | summer house | |
| locality type:- | folly (?) | |
| locality type:- | memorial | |
| coordinates:- | SD36998694 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3686 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD38 | |
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 BNN06.jpg (taken 5.4.2007)  BNN07.jpg (taken 5.4.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8 15) placename:- Pennington Lodge Tower |
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| source data:- | Maps, 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. |
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| evidence:- | old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s |
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| source data:- | Drawing, pencil, Finsthwaite Summer House Tower, Colton, Lancashire, by Theophilus
Lindsey Aspland, 25 May 1870. click to enlargeAS0666.jpg "1870 / Wedy. May 25 / with Michael / Tower Newby Br from Finsthwaite Heights" page number "55" item:- Armitt Library : 2008.61.66 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Pennington Lodge Tower |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "PENNINGTON LODGE TOWER / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421445 / SD3699286949" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Monument to naval victories of the Napoleonic war, 1799. For James King of Finsthwaite House. Coursed slate. Square 2-stage tower. Projecting course between stages and to top, with embattled parapet. Each face has 2 slots to each stage. South face has blocked pointed entrance, the 2nd stage has oval plaque inscribed: ERECTED/TO HONOUR THE/OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND MARINES/OF THE/ ROYAL NAVY/WHOSE MATCHLESS CONDUCT, AND/IRRESISTIBLE VALOUR, DECISIVELY DEFEATED/THE FLEETS OF FRANCE, SPAIN, AND HOLLAND/AND PRESERVED AND PROTECTED/ LIBERTY AND COMMERCE/1799". Other faces have round opening to 2nd stage." |
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 BNN08.jpg (taken 5.4.2007)  BNN09.jpg Plaque:- "ERECTED / To Honor the / Officers, Seamen and Marines, / of the / ROYAL NAVY / whose matchless Conduct and / irresistible Valour decisively defeated / the Fleets of France, Spain, and Holland / and preserved and protected / LIBERTY and COMMERCE. / 1799" (taken 5.4.2007)  BNN10.jpg Strain gauge across a crack. (taken 5.4.2007) |
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| hearsay:- |
Built by James King of Finsthwaite House, 1799:- |
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| "To honour the officers, seamen and marines of the Royal Navy, whose matchless conduct
and irresistible valour decisively defeated the fleets of France, Spain and Holland,
and promoted and protected Liberty and Commerce." |
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| Commemorating the Battle of Camperdown, Battle of Cape St Vincent and Battle of the
Nile. |
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