Bastlefacts

Dowbiggin Foot

Gatehouse Classification - Bastle

Has been described as a Questionable Peel-house, and also as a Other

There are no visible remains

Name	Dowbiggin Foot
Alternative Names
Medieval County	Yorkshire West Riding
Historic Country	Yorkshire
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Sedbergh

There is strong documentary evidence that Dowbiggin Foot was the residence of James Cowper in 1540. The stone used in the present building suggests reuse from an important Mediaeval or Tudor building, possibly a stonehouse. (PastScape ref. Perriam and Robinson)

Medieval or Tudor stonehouse site.
Kevin Lancaster, (of Dowbiggin), writes; There is strong documentary evidence of this being the residence of James Cowper in the 1540s. His son Francis's inventory of 1616 is... most impressive... The stone used in building the present house suggests re-use from an important medieval or Tudor building. There is no evidence on the site today. (Perriam and Robinson 1998)

Gatehouse Comments

The form of this supposed late medieval farmhouse is not known beyond it being in stone. This is outside the usually area of peel-house bastles although the generally topography (a highland valley) is similar to that of the Marches North Pennines. Other than the inclusion in a gazetteer of 'medieval fortified buildings' there is nothing to suggest fortification.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

This is a Not listed listed building protected by law

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

1390432

County Historic Environment Record

www.cumbria.gov.uk/planning-environment/countryside/historic-environment/HER.asp

OS Map Grid Reference	SD68199229
Latitude	54.32525
Longitude	-2.49051
Eastings	368190
Northings	492290

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Map
Holder	the residence of James Cowper in the 1540s