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Blencow Hall

Rowley Estates advertise accommodation here under the name Blencowe Hall that appears to be the family name spelling from contemporary texts. By texts and maps published in 1746 the 'e' had been dropped. Blencow Hall is a Scheduled Monument and Grade I Listed fortified house with gatehouse wing. Probably late 15th century with 1590 alterations and additions. Previously on the Buildings at Risk register in 2006/8 Donald Insall Associates was appointed as conservation architect to advise on the ruinous towers and to work with Graham Norman and Charles Blackett-Ord who were adapting the Hall for holiday accommodation resulting in it receiving a number of awards for design and conservation. It would once have been standard conservation practice to leave the split tower as a ruin, but English Heritage’s buildings experts and archaeologists supported the owner’s desire to bring the structure back into use. Eden District Council supported this approach and so gave confidence to both the owners and their architects.
by Jo and Steve Turner

Created: Sun, 31 Mar 2013, Updated: Sun, 31 Mar 2013


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NY4532 : Blencow Hall by Jo and Steve Turner
NY4432 : Benchmark, Blencow Hall by Adrian Taylor
NY4432 : Blencow Hall by David Purchase
NY4432 : Garden gate, Blencowe Hall by Adrian Taylor
NY4432 : Blencow Hall by Jo and Steve Turner


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