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Isel Hall, Isel
Isel Hall
locality:-   Isel
civil parish:-   Blindcrake (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY15843367
1Km square:-   NY1533
10Km square:-   NY13


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BTP49.jpg (taken 5.10.2010)  
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BNR71.jpg (taken 25.5.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 46 9) 
placename:-  Isell Hall
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.

evidence:-   possibly descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Issal
item:-  sword
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP4P188, button  goto source
"... A Knight of this Family, named Hugh Morvil, was one of the four that kill'd Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury; ..."
"The Sword with which he kill'd the Archbishop was kept long at Issal, and now remains in the Family of the Arundels."

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Hall, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"The Hall"
circle and line in an outline of fence palings 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Isle Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Isle Hall / Sir John Merdaunt"
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Isel Hall
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Isel Hall, Isel, Blindcrake, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in oppopiste p.326 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.74
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Isel Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ISEL HALL / / / BLINDCRAKE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / I / 72545 / NY1573033692"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Tower house and hall wing. Late C14 or early C15 with late C15 hall and C16 extension with C19 alterations. Tower of extremely thick calciferous sandstone rubble walls with flush quoins, under battlemented parapet; gabled greenslate roof within parapets. Hall and wing of mixed calciferous and red sandstone walls, under graduated greenslate roof with C19 yellow brick chimney stacks. Rectangular tower of vaulted basement and 3 storeys over. Hall adjoins north angle of tower almost at right-angles: 2 storeys, 5 bays with 3-storey, 6-bay extension under common roof. Tower has some original loops but mostly irregular 2-light C16 windows under hoodmoulds. Hall and extension have 2- and 3-light Tudor windows and doorway, the parapet with shaped finials. Rear has irregular Tudor doorways and windows. The rear wall of the hall has 2 buttresses. Interior of tower has newel and straight stairs in thickness of walls. Garderobe chamber. Interior of hall has Tudor panelling with traces of contemporary painting. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society new series, xi, pp122-8."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GATE PIERS AND GARDEN WALLS IN FRONT OF ISEL HALL / / / BLINDCRAKE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72547 / NY1579933728"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Gatepiers and walled garden. Late C18 or early C19 using earlier stonework. Mixed calciferous and red sandstone; side walls of brick. Squared rusticated piers with ball finials and flanking low coped walls. Wall towards house has terrace steps, the low wall with ball finials and carved stone crests of the Lawson family. Listed for group value with Isel Hall."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"STABLE FLATS AND FORMER CARRIAGE HOUSE AT ISEL HALL / / / BLINDCRAKE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72546 / NY1572933687"


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BVZ17.jpg (taken 24.2.2012)  

notes:-  
Pele tower, 15th century on the site of an earlier tower, and hall, etc.

Perriam, D R & Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plans &illustrations

person:-   curator
 : Burkett, Mary
place:-   home

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