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Dalemain, Dacre
Dalemain
Countryside and Bird Museum
Fell Pony Museum
Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Museum
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   park
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   museum
locality type:-   garden
coordinates:-   NY47762693
1Km square:-   NY4726
10Km square:-   NY42

photograph
BMF78.jpg (taken 8.6.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 11) 
placename:-  Dalemain
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:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Dalemane
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, ring of fence palings, trees.  "Dalemane"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dalemane
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Dalemane"
circle, building, tower and ring of fence palings, W of Stainton 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dalemane
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Dalemane"
circle, towers 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Dalemane
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Dalemane"
Buildings and tower in a ring of fence palings. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Dalemain"
Circle; ring of fence palings, N of the circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dalemane
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Dalemane"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Dalemain
placename:-  Dale Main
item:-  cornage (tenure)
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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"..."
"Dalemain, the Mansion House of Edward Hassel, Esq; held of the Barony of Graystock in Cornage, by which Tenure the Possessors of these, and other Lands in the same Manor, are oblig'd, under the Penalty of forfeiting them, to give Notice of any Enemy's Approach by the sounding of an Horn, and to serve in the Wars against the Scots, marching thither in the Van, and returning in the Rear. ..."
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"... Dale-Main, Lady Hassel's. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Dalemain
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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"Dalemain"
circle, tower 
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outline of fence palings, trees 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Dalemain / Hassell Esq."
house, with four chimneys 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dalemain
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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"Dalemain / Hasell Esqr."
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Page 151:-  "..."
"ULLS-WATER."
"Those that do not choose to go as far as Penrith, may, near the eighth mile-post,"
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Page 152:-  "..."
"[Mr. Gray] '... Dalemain, a large fabric of pale red stone, with nine windows in front, and seven on the side. ..."
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 201:-  "Oct. 1. A grey autumnal day, the air perfectly calm, and mild, went to see Ulls-water, ... to the right is Dalemain, a large fabric of pale red stone, with nine windows in the front and seven on the side, built by Mr. Hazel; behind it is a fine lawn surrounded by woods, and a long rocky eminence rising over them; a clear and brisk rivulet runs by the house to join the Eamont, whose course is in sight, and at a small distance. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Dalemain
placename:-  Queen of the Vale of Emont
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 23:-  "..."
"At a little more than three miles [from Penrith] is Dalemain, the seat of he late Williams Hassell, Esq; an handsome new stone-building, situated under an hill, which effectually screens it from the North: from the house to the river are such beautiful pastures, that a late author calls it the Queen of the Vale of Emont. On the opposite side of the river are pleasure-grounds and gardens, connected with the house by an handsome wooden-bridge. Above the house, upon the banks of a small river called Dacre-Beck, are other gardens, calculated both for pleasure and utility."
"Dalemain belonged to a family of the name of Layton for many generations, the most remarkable of whom was William Layton, who had twenty-three children by one wife. It was purchased of this family by Sir Edward Hassell, Knight, who was, in the year 1701, Knight of the Shire, and has continued in the family ever since."
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Demesne House
placename:-  Main House
item:-  court baron
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 39:-  "... Desmesne House, called here Main House: here, the lord of the manor (Mr Hassel) keeps his court baron for Barton, Martindale, Grisdale, and some other of his estates. ..."
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
item:-  red deer; deer; hound; Rockwood
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 190:-  "..."
"... In the 1741, a deer which laid a considerable way out of the forest was complained of by farmers: the keeper, therefore, sent his servant John Brown, with a fox-hound called Rockwood to fetch him into the forest or kill him. The dog soon roused the deer, and run him upwards of 20 miles, when he came to How-Town, (see Plate IV.) as if to take the Lake: He did not, however, but running along-side of it three miles, crossed it at the foot, and ascended Dunmallard. He then crossed by Soulby-Fell and run towards Dacre, where Mr Hassel met him with his whole kennel of hounds, and they pursued him to Hutton John, where he was harboured: Rockwood soon roused him, and drove him full in the face of Mr Hassel's dogs, but they were unable to take him. He then, (to use my informer's words,) "run thro' the whole pack like a hare through a flock of sheep," though he had followed the deer"
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Page 191:-  "almost 30 miles, and in about two miles more took him, though not before he received a mortal wound from his horns: The deer was then brought to Dalemain, where he died in about three hours, and, when opened, was found to have almost all his suet melted."
evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Delamayn
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 188:-  "..."
"Near Dacre is Delamayn, the mansion-house of the Hassels, held of the barony of Greystock in cornage. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Dalemain"
house symbol; large house 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 321-322  "About 3 Miles on l. of Penrith is Dalemain, Edward Hassel, Esq. ..."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Dalemain Hall
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 142:-  "..."
"The northern road leads past Dalemain Hall, built in the style of architecture that marks the reign of William III, and seated on the Dacre, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Dalemain"
Building and park. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Dalemain
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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"Dalemain"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s (edn 1903) 
source data:-   Photograph, bw halftone, Dalemain, Dacre, Cumberland, published in a guide book by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1903.
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item:-  JandMN : 1023.13
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Dalemain
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DALEMAIN / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 73762 / NY4771226876"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Large country house. C15 with C16 additions, C17 alterations and extensive mid 1730's extensions, the initials E.H. over the entrance (Edward Hasell). Earliest parts of calciferous sandstone rubble with pink sandstone rubble extensions and flush quoins. C18 parts of pink sandstone ashlar with rusticated pilasters, string course, open-balustraded parapet and V-jointed quoins, all on moulded plinth. C18 lead downspouts. Graduated hipped greenslate roof with sandstone ashlar chimney stacks. 2-storey, 9-bay facade with wings built around a small courtyard, the rear range incorporating the original house. Facade has central panelled doors in fluted-pilaster pedimented doorcase. Sash windows with glazing bars in stone architraves with false keystones. The 2 end bays at either side are divided by pilasters. Left return wall has 2 bays of similar sash windows; the 5-bay wing has sash windows in stone surrounds. The right return wall has 2 bays similar to the facade, then the 2-bay wing which is carried up to full parapet height for 3 1/2 storeys, with small and large sash windows in stone surrounds. The original house is of 2 or 3 builds, the walls raised to form a uniform parapet in the C18. The central bays are a C15 hall adjoined by what has been interpreted as a tower, but appears to be an integral part of the hall range exhibiting similar C15 features and wall thicknesses. Left C17 chamfered-surround doorway under a large C17 cross-mullioned window. 2- and 3-light stone-mullioned windows, all under hoodmoulds, continuous on lower floor, broken on the upper floor by an C18 sash window beside a blocked 2-light window retaining its hoodmould. Central large chimney stack projects from the parapet, off-set on its right side for its full height. Further sash windows with glazing bars in C18 surrounds between chimney stack and staircase windows, which are in chamfered surrounds. The lowest one is 2-light and between these windows is a cross-and-circle vent stone. The far right 2 bays are part of the C18 wing; the far left bay is a C16 extension with 2-light stone-mullioned windows under hoodmoulds, continued on the left return wall. The inside of the courtyard shows the original front wall of the hall range now with a central late C17 bolection-moulded doorway and sash windows with glazing bars in C18 stone surrounds. The original windows of 2 periods are now blocked but traces remain. The interior has a broad C15 newel staircase and a smaller similar blocked staircase. Beamed ceilings, late C16 panelled rooms with moulded plasterwork. Remainder of the house has C18 features such as panelling, doors, ceilings and woodwork. See Country Life 14, 21 and 28 March 1952, pp.736-9, 820-4, 908-11."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  date stone (1738)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"STABLES AND BARN NORTH EAST OF DALEMAIN / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73765 / NY4773926947"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Stables and barn. Dated and inscribed over entrance E &JH 1738, with late C18 extensions. Mixed sandstone rubble walls with flush quoins, under graduated greenslate roof partly with coped gables and kneelers; brick chimney stack. 2 low 2-storey, 6-bay, parallel stable ranges, separated by a broad courtyard and joined on the 3rd side with a tall late C18 2-storey, 5-bay barn. Left stable range has 2 segmental-arched doorways and a smaller flat-headed doorway with dated lintel. 2-light flat stone-mullioned windows, some with mullions removed. Barn has irregular doorways and casement windows under loft doorways, and slit vents on 2 levels. Right stable range has irregular doorways and slit vents. The barn overhangs the stable range at either end and has no features which would indicate an earlier date than late C18. The date on the stables may give an indication of the date of the rebuilding of Dalemain, shortly after Edward Hasell's marriage to Julia Musgrave in 1735. Listed for group value with Dalemain."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FORMER BREWHOUSE ADJOINING TO REAR OF DALEMAIN / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73763 / NY4770426889"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Brewhouse now private house. Early C19. Pink sandstone ashlar, under hipped graduated greenslate roof with central ashlar chimney stack. Single storey, 2 bays, with lower left single-bay extension. C20 double doors, oak plank door and left and right sash windows, all in stone surrounds. Extension has segmental arch, now partly blocked, with C20 casement window. Right return wall has C20 window. Listed for group value with Dalemain."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GARDEN WALL ADJOINING TO REAR OF DALEMAIN / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73764 / NY4768326899"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Garden wall. Mid C18. Facings of red and pink sandstone ashlar with V-jointed quoins, with other walls of brick, all under flat moulded coping. High wall on 2 sides of the rear garden of Dalemain. Lean-to extensions on inner wall are not of interest. Listed for group value with Dalemain."

photograph
BMF79.jpg (taken 8.6.2006)  
photograph
BXB76.jpg  In a window at St Andrew's Church, Dacre.
(taken 10.8.2012)  
photograph
BLM25.jpg (taken 23.12.2005)  
hearsay:-  
 Facade about 1740-49. pink grey ashlar stonework.

Longville, Tim &Corbett, Val (photr): 2007: Gardens of the Lake District: Lincoln, Frances (London)
: 2012: Cumbria Gardens 2012: National Gardens Scheme
hearsay:-  
 John de Morville owned an older building in the 12th century; he was brother of Hugh who murdered Thomas a Beckett, The Layton Family had the house later. Since 1679 the house has been owned by the Hasell family.
The front door lock, made by George Dent, Appleby, was given by Lady Anne Clifford.
notes:-  
 supposed tower and hall

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