EAW022507 ENGLAND (1949). Newbygill, Upsall, 1949

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Title	[EAW022507] Newbygill, Upsall, 1949
Reference	EAW022507
Date	20-April-1949
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Place name	UPSALL
Parish	KIRBY KNOWLE
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Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	445860, 487420
Longitude / Latitude	-1.2955642320354, 54.280202213758
National Grid Reference	SE459874

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Garden Walls to South, to West and to North of Kirby Knowle Castle, Kirby Knowle Grade 2 listed - English Heritage Building ID: 332565 Garden walls. Probably C17 (as house) with C19 and C20 rebuildings and additions. Coursed squared stone with chamfered coping, varying in height. To the north of the house the wall steps up either side of a wide entranceway. The wall terminates at its west end in a later pier with chamfered top and ball and cushion finial; at its east end it turns southwards towards the house with a later wide archway, and runs at a low height parallel with the house north front.

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totoro

Saturday 7th of June 2014 05:56:14 PM

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Kirby Knowle Castle- Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as Kirkby Knowle; Newbygill; New Building

Large house. Mid C17 for James Danby with C16 origins; thoroughly restored 1875, and altered 1875.

A castle is said to have been built on this site in the late C13 by Roger Lascelles, but it burnt down c1568 while owned by Sir John Constable. Before he could finish the repair work Constable died and it was not

until the 1650s that reconstruction began again, for James Danby. Danby repaired the old parts, built the south front and west wing and changed the name to New Building. By the late C17 the house had passed to the Rokeby family.

There were probably four corner towers to the first castle; of these one remains, and is occupied by a staircase of black oak.

Not too far away is UPSALL CASTLE (occaisionally mentioned as Upfall)

totoro

Saturday 7th of June 2014 05:12:46 PM