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Sebergham Castle, Sebergham
Sebergham Castle
civil parish:-   Sebergham (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   castle
coordinates:-   NY33224367 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY3343
10Km square:-   NY34

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Sebergham Castle
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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"Sebergham Castle"
large building; a castle 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Sebergham Castle
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Sebergham Ca."
no symbol 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Sebergham Castle
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SEBERGHAM CASTLE AND BARN AND STABLE WINGS / / / SEBERGHAM / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72485 / NY3301243410"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Farmhouse known as Colerigg Hall before rebuilding, now 2 houses with adjoining barn and stables. Late C18 probably incorporating mid C18 farmhouse. Cement rendered walls, with string courses and battlemented parapet, on chamfered plinth; barn and stables of mixed calciferous and red sandstone rubble. Graduated greenslate roofs with coped gables; C20 chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays with flanking battlemented lower screen walls and 2-storey gabled wings at right-angles, that to left a barn and to right stables. Panelled door in ogee arch with flanking double ogee-arched casement windows. Upper floor 3-light chamfered-mullioned windows under hoodmoulds. Projecting bay to left is higher with similar ogee-arched windows on both floors under quatrefoil and battlemented parapet. Screen walls have ogee-arched doorways and one C20 window to right. Gable walls of wings have double ogee-arched 2-light windows, partly blocked on ground floor and fully blocked above. Gables rise above roof line with ball finials. House has C20 windows to rear. Barn and stables with plank doors and slit vents. See Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, new series, xii, p201."

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