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Rose Castle, Dalston
Rose Castle
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bishop's palace
locality type:-   palace
locality type:-   castle
locality type:-   garden
coordinates:-   NY37084616
1Km square:-   NY3746
10Km square:-   NY34
SummaryText:-   Seat of the Bishop of Carlisle.

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 10) 
placename:-  Rose Castle
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:-  Rose Castle, The
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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Building with two towers, symbol for a castle.  "The rose cast"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Rosse Castle
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Rosse ca."
circle, building and tower 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Keer 1605
placename:-  Rose Castle, The
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, probably by Pieter van den Keere, or Peter Keer, about 1605 edition perhaps 1676.
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"The rose cas"
dot, circle and tower; village 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.110
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cum/EW) 
placename:-  Rase Castle
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, scale about 36 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, about 1610-11, published by Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1676?
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"Rase cast"
dot, circle, and tower 
item:-  private collection : 85
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Rose Castle, The
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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"The Rose cast"
circle, buildings, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 41 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Rose Castle S"
and tabulated distances; R on thumbnail map 
item:-  private collection : 50.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Rose Castle, Ye
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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"ye rose cast"
circle 
evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Rose Castle, The
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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"The Rose cast"
Buildings and tower, no flag. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   just possibly old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Rosdell
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 33, Cumberland. 
Turnings right:-  "to Rosdell"
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Rose
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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"Rose"
circle, building and tower, flag; town? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Rose Castle, The
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"The Rose Ca."
circle; castle 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Rose Castle
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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"Rose Castle"
Circle, building with two towers. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map, descriptive text:- Bowen 1720 (plate 162) 
source data:-   Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, also a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, and of Cumberland, scale about 16.5 miles to 1 inch, each with text, by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
"The BISHOPRICK of CARLISLE ... Seat Rose Castle in Cumberland."
evidence:-   old print:- Buck 1739
placename:-  Rose Castle
item:-  placename, Rose Castle; Border Wars; Wars of Scottish Independence
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, The North West View of Rose Castle, in the County of Cumberland, Dalston, Cumberland, drawn and engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, published 1739.
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printed, top  "THE NORTH-WEST VIEW OF ROSE-CASTLE, IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND."
printed, bottom  "THIS Castle (so call'd from ye Sweetness of its Situation) the Seat of ye Bishops of Carlisle, was built at different Times by ye successive Bishops of that See, particularly Strickland, Kite, and Bell, whose Names ye Towers now standing do still retain. K. Edwd. I. in ye 28th. Year of his reign, in his Expedition agast. ye Scots, lodged here, & dated his Writts for summoning a Parliament to be held at Lincoln, It was fortified with strong Walls & a double Ditch, wch. were kept in good Order till ye late Civil Warrs, when it was burnt down, A.D.1652, what escap'd ye Fire & was standing at ye Restoration was somewhat repair'd and made habitable by Dr. Stern then Bishop of this See: But it's greatest Benefactors were his two next Successors, Dr. Rainbow & Dr. Smith, who, at no small Expence, added a Chapel & two Towers, & made it, what now it is, with ye Improvements of ye present Lord Bishop, a decent and commodious Palace. / Saml: &Nathl: Buck delin et Sculp: Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. March 26. 1739."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.67.15
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  Roso Castle
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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"... upon the Caude, Roso Castle, a beautiful Seat of the Bishop of Carlisle: For this County having been a Frontier, the ancient Houses of the Nobility and Gentry there are, for the most Part, built Castlewise."
evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Rose Castle, 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 Rose Cas. to the Bish. of Carlisle"
circle and line perhaps a flag 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Rose 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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"Rose Castle / Lord Bishop of Carlisle"
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Pennant 1777
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of Scotland, Hebrides and Part of England, drawn for Thomas Pennant, engraved by J Bayly, published by Benjamin White, London, 1777.
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"Rose C."
circle; buildings, village, etc 
item:-  private collection : 66
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Rose Castle
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 105:-  "..."
"I do not find any ancient authors mention a castle here [Castlerigg], Speed, who speaks of twenty-five in Cumberland, hath found out every one I ever heard or knew of, except Kirkoswald; how that has escaped him I cannot tell. I shall here put down their names, and, as well as I can, their most ancient owners, and supposed founders."
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Page 106:-  "..."
"12. ROSE. The Bishop of Carlisle's seat, built by William Rufus."
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789
placename:-  Rose Castle
placename:-  Congavata
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 174:-  "..."
"On the Caude ... is ... a neat castle of the bishops of Carlisle, called The Rose Castle, which also seems to have been CONGAVATA, where the second cohort of the Lergi kept guard; for Congavata signifies in British the valley on the Gavata, now contracted into Caude. But the precise situation of this place I cannot yet point out."
evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Rose Castle
item:-  parliament; Constable's Tower; Bell's Tower; Great Paradise; Strickland's Tower; Pettinger's Tower; placename, Rose Castle
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 192:-  "..."
""Rose, a castle of the bishops of Cairluel. Bishop Kight made it very fresh.""
"Edward I. lodged in Rose castle during his Scotch expedition; and several of his writs for calling a parliament are dated apud la Rose. From its being embattled by leave of Edward III. it had the name of a castle, and has been the principal mansion-house of the bishops of Carlisle from the first grant of the manor to their see. Bishop Smith added a new tower (as Bishop Bell had done between 1478 and 1496), and by great expence in altering and beautifying made it a very convenient house. It suffered much from the Scots, and was as often repaired, and continued a comfortable habitation till its total demolition in the reign of Charles I. It was burnt in the civil wars by order of col. Heveringham; before which time it consisted of a compleat quadrangle with a fountain in the middle with five, towers besides lesser turrets, and encompassed with a mantle wall with little turrets. The north side contained the constable's tower, the chapel, Bell's tower built by bishop Bell, the bishop's and council-chamber, and a chamber under the latter called Great Paradise, and Strickland's tower, built by bishop Strickland. The east side contained the great dining room, hall and buttery and kitchen: the south side a long gallery leading to the hall and the offices, and the west side Pettinger's tower and offices. Here was another built by bishop Kite. Its ruins were repaired at the Restoration by bishop Sterne, and his successor bishop Rainbow put the house into better condition, and built the chapel. When bishop Rainbow came to the see, no part was habitable except from the chapel south to the end of the old kitchen; all which was supposed to have been built by bishop Kite. Rainbow built the two parlours, chapel, and great staircase. Bishop Sterne had rebuilt the chapel, but bishop Rainbow was obliged to rebuild it. Bishop Fleming wainscoted and floored these and other rooms. Bishop Osbaldiston bullied his executors out of 200£. which he had allowed his lessee of Buley castle c. Westmorland for his interest in the wood sold there, and for damages and springing it again; and cut down wood and timber on the demesne to the amount of many hundred pounds, and made reprisals to the amount of about 350£.; and after this benefit was glad to compound with his successor bishop Lyttelton for 250£. delapidations, which his said successor chose to accept to avoid a long suit. Bishop Lyttelton built a very fine new kitchen, laundry, and brew-house, repaired Strickland tower, and greatly improved the whole house; and besides leaving a minute account in his register, compiled a particular history of it. Notwithstanding the poverty of the see, the bishops lived here antiently in great splendour. In bishop White's rental 1627 the constant houshold was 35 or 36 besides workfolk and strangers."
"Rhôs signifies in British a moist dale or valley."
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Rose Castle
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 r. of Sebergham is Rose Castle, Bishop of Carlisle."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "On the l. of Hawksdale is Holm Hill ... beyond which is Rose Castle, Bishop of Carlisle."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  fire, Rose Castle
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.505 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "1322. Rose castle and Wigton town burnt, ... and Holme Cultram abbey, where his father was buried, destroyed by Robert Bruce King of Scotland, who devastated the Western side of this county to Duddon sands."
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"1337. ... In another incursion they [Scots] burnt Rose castle, the hospital of St. Nicholas, and the suburbs of Carlisle."
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag 1819
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Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.506  "1648. ... June 15, Penrith taken by the Parliamentarians under General Lambert, and detachments from his army about the same time took Greystock, Rose, and Scaleby castles, and defeated a body of royalists at Warwick-bridge. -"
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Rose Castle
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 97:-  "..."
"ROSE CASTLE"
"The pedestrian, indeed, might pass down as far as Rose Castle by the banks of the river, a route that would greatly enhance his pleasure; but the tourist who possesses the accommodation of a carriage, must be content with a passing look of the vale as he proceeds along the heights, down which the road presently descends to Rose Castle, the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Carlisle. The Honourable and Right Reverend Hugh Percy has nearly re-edified the whole castle, which, from having been repaired at different times, according"
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Page 98:-  "to the prevalent taste in architecture, had assumed an appearance incongruous with its original castellated style. The castle presents a fine mass of towers built on the north side of the vale, surrounded by hanging gardens that rise, terrace above terrace, up to the level lawn on which it stands. The keep, or Strickland's Tower, is a little detached, and partially covered with ivy. The entrance-hall between Bell's Tower, almost concealed by creepers, and Percy's Tower, which is quite modern, contains the grand staircase of carved English oak, the bannisters ornamented with roses and shields alternately, leading to the chapel and drawing-room. The chapel is lighted by a row of windows on its south front, and is most chastely fitted up with oaken stalls and wainscotting. The reading-desk and pulpit are of the same substantial materials; and across the west end extends a series of beautiful niches with elegant canopies, under one of which is the bishop's seat. The dining-room and library are on the ground floor; the latter is a fine apartment, elegantly and simply fitted up with oaken cases. The fire-places throughout are all of chiselled stone, richer or simpler in their designs according to the uses of the apartment. The new portions were designed by Mr. Rickman, under the immediate superintendence of the Right Reverend Bishop, to whose intimate acquaintance with architecture is owing the absence of every thing that could offend the most correct and fastidious taste. The square embattled towers rise magnifi-"
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Page 99:-  "[magnifi]cently out of the noble forest trees, by which they are partly surrounded and sheltered. The approach is through an old archway covered with ivy. The oaks and Scotch firs are splendid, and with the meadows, the wooded hill, and the distant Fell of Carrick, unite with the castle in producing scenery rarely equalled for amenity and splendour."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Rose Castle
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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"Rose Castle"
Building and park. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Rose 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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"Rose Cas."
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   text:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Rose, La
item:-  licence to crenellate
source data:-   Book, The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
Licence to crenellate granted by Edward III; 9 April 1336:-  "... Johanni episcopo Karliolensi ... mansum suum de la Rose ..."
evidence:-   text:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Rose, La
item:-  licence to crenellate
source data:-   Book, The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
Licence to crenellate granted by Edward III; 25 June 1355:-  "Gilbert, Episcopus Karliol ... mansum ... La Rose."
evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Rose Castle
item:-  Strickland Tower
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Rose Castle, Strickland Tower, Dalston, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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Tipped in opposite p.234 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at off centre:-  "ROSE CASTLE. STRICKLAND TOWER."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.44
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evidence:-   old map:- Nurse 1918
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939.
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drawing of a great house  "ROSE CASTLE"
item:-  JandMN : 27
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 notes about bells
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ROSE CASTLE / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78288 / NY3714646156"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Terrace wall. Probably C18. Large blocks of coursed red sandstone, possibly removed from the medieval castle. Retaining wall built outside of the curtain wall over part of the former moat. Stepped buttresses at regular intervals along a long straight wall on the east side of the garden. Included partly for G.V. with Rose Castle."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ROSE CASTLE / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / I / 78286 / NY3710846185"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Castle, residence of the Bishop of Carlise. Built on the site of an earlier castle: probably late C13 with licences to crenellate 1336 and 1355: Strickland Tower c1400-1419: 1488 tower for Bishop Bell: 1522-4 tower for Bishop Kite: partly destroyed during the Civil War and repaired by William Heveningham as a private house 1653-5: alterations of 1673-5 for Bishop Rainbow by William Thackery: alterations for Bishop Smith by Thomas Machell: alterations for Bishop Lyttelton 1762-9: extensive alterations and additions for Bishop Percy by Thomas Rickman 1828-31: alterations dated 1955. Chapel: 1489 for Bishop Bell, altered 1660-63 for Bishop Sterne, altered 1673-5 for Bishop Rainbow by William Thackery and further alterations for Bishop Percy, as above. Large blocks of red sandstone on chamfered plinths; string courses and battlemented parapets; slate and lead roofs; tall C19 candlestick chimney stacks. Four 3-storey towers, hall and chapel in L-shape, forming 2 sides of an originally quadrangular shaped castle. Entrance facade: 3-storey entrance tower of 2-bays has pointed entrance and 2-light Gothic windows. Similar lower 2 bays to right are also by Rickman. Remains of C14 inner curtain wall to left now forms rear wall of chapel. Bell's Tower to left, Strickland's Tower to extreme left attached by lowered inner curtain wall. Garden facade in L-shape: right is the chapel, with 2-light windows, larger on upper floor, 3-light east window. Broad buttress projecting from east wall supports C19 open Gothic bellcote. Strickland's Tower to extreme right has external stone steps to first floor entrance. Projecting circular stair turret from first floor continues above parapet. To left: hall with stone mullioned Gothic windows. End wall to left was altered in 1955 with 2-light stone mullioned windows in keeping with the building, dated over entrance. Rear facade: 3-storey Kite's Tower has blocked ground floor entrance and 2-light stone-mullioned windows. Percy's Tower and similar extension to left are by Rickman. See J. Wilson, Rose Castle, 1912; J.F. Curwen, Castles & Towers of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1913, pp227-234; Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, old series, ii, pp156-165 and new series, lvi, pp132-141; Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, new series, 27, pp61-76. All other associated buildings are listed separately. Outbuildings are of little interest."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ROSE CASTLE / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / I / 78285 / NY3711046169"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Curtain walls to Rose Castle. Early C14. Large blocks of coursed red sandstone on chamfered plinth to east and south with north-east wall on segmental vaulted arches. Low wall, formerly surrounding Rose Castle but now interrupted by outbuildings in south-west angle, reduced in height in the early C19 with C19 coping. Remains of a watch tower on the north-east wall. Gateway in the wall is listed separately. Has G.V. with Rose Castle."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GATE WITH FLANKING LODGE AND TOWER, TO NORTH OF ROSE CASTLE / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / I / 78287 / NY3708746239"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Gateway and flanking buildings. Early C16 for Bishop Kite, with mid C18 alterations. Large blocks of red sandstone rubble. Gateway through curtain walls, with remains of Water Tower to left and lodge to right. Large segmental arch with C16 carved stone panel, of rose in quatrefoil and corner shields, above. Pedestrian pointed arch to right. Battlemented parapet. Former tower to left has blocked chamfered-surround entrance which originally gave access to an outer watch tower built over the moat. Wall reduced in height and now gabled. Twin-gabled building to rear is an C18 gardener's storehouse with sandstone slate roofs. Lodge to right is mostly demolished but its outer walls form part of the curtain wall with an angle projection. Probably replaced an earlier drawbridge gatetower referred to in 1479. See, J. Wilson, Rose Castle, 1912, pp85-6. Has G.V. with Rose Castle."
evidence:-   old painting:- 
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Rose Castle, Dalston, Cumberland, by J W Goodwin, 1840s-50s.
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View of Rose Castle seen across parkland with grazing sheep and cattle. In centre of composition a tiny figure in a red dress stands in contemplation of the castle. 
inscribed &signed at bottom left:-  "Rose Castle by J W Goodwin"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1970.33.24
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Rose Castle, Cumberland, drawn by Nutter snr, engraved by W Banks and Son, Edinburgh, published by T W Arthur, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1840s-50s?
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printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Nutter, Senr. / W. Banks &Son, Edinr. / ROSE CASTLE, / The Seat of the Lord Bishop of Carlisle. / Published by T. W. Arthur, Carlisle."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.293
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evidence:-   old print:- Lowther 1780s-90s
source data:-   Print, engraving, North West View of Rose Castle, Dalston, Cumbria, late 18th century.
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item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.67
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, North West View of Rose Castle, Cumberland, published late 18th century?
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printed at bottom:-  "North West View of ROSE-CASTLE, in the County of Cumberland."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.287
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, View of Rose Castle, Cumberland, late 18th century?
image  click to enlarge
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printed at top right:-  "V.II. P.190."
printed at bottom:-  "A View of Rose Castle in Cumberland the seat of the Bishop of Carlisle"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.303
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Rose Castle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, The North West View of Rose Castle, Westmorland, about 1769.
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Included in vol.3 p.36 of a set of castle pictures? 
printed at bottom:-  "The North West View of Rose Castle, in the County of Cumberland."
printed at top left of page:-  "Vol.III pa.36."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.189
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BZM75.jpg (taken 18.10.2013)  
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BZM77.jpg (taken 18.10.2013)  
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BZM78.jpg (taken 18.10.2013)  
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BZM79.jpg (taken 18.10.2013)  
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BZM80.jpg (taken 18.10.2013)  
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BNI07.jpg (taken 9.3.2007)  
hearsay:-  
 Pele built about 1300; another tower from 15th century. The episcopal palace of the Bishop of Carlisle.

Longville, Tim &Corbett, Val (photr): 2007: Gardens of the Lake District: Lincoln, Frances (London)
notes:-  
 14th century castle, moat, towers, curtain walls, gateway

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