Dallam Tower

Dallam Tower is a grade I listed[1] country house in Beetham parish, near Milnthorpe, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association[2] but is not open to the public except for occasional charity events, visits to the garden through the National Gardens Scheme,[3] and as a wedding venue.[4]

The driveway and front of Dallam Tower

The house is described as "Early C18 with C17 core, remodelled early C19" and has rainwater pipes dated 1722; its interiors include panelling by Gillow of Lancaster.[1] It has a deer park of 190 acres (75 ha),[5] running down to the River Bela beside the A6 road with a prominent grade II listed deer shelter.[6] A public road and several public footpaths run through the deer park.

It has sometimes been erroneously referred to as Dallam Castle,[7] and an earlier spelling was Dalham Tower.[8] Before local government reorganisation in 1974 Dallam Tower was in the county of Westmorland.

History
The Dallam Tower deer park with the River Bela and the listed deer shelter

A pele tower was built on the site in about 1375 but demolished when the present house was built in 1720-23. A plan dated 1614 indicates that at that time there was a house with formal gardens.[5]

Notable residents included Daniel Wilson (1680 – 1754)[9] and his son Edward Wilson (c. 1719-1764),[10] who were both Members of Parliament for Westmorland.

Ships

At least two ships have been named Dallam Tower, presumably in recognition of a connection with the house.

In 1823 the Lancaster Gazette reported that a brig called Dallam Tower had run aground and broken up en route from Dublin to Whitehaven. It is reported to have been built "about 1758, probably at Milnthorpe".[11]

The Dallam Tower was built in 1866 in Birkenhead for the Lancaster Ship-owners Company, and launched by Mrs Wilson, wife of Mr G. E. Wilson of Dallam Tower. It was the third ship built for that company, and was intended for passenger traffic between Liverpool and Melbourne.[12] In 1873 this ship reached Port Chalmers, New Zealand, after a dramatic voyage in which she had lost a mast and travelled 2,000 miles under a jury rig, and was the focus of much attention.[13][14][15]

A Lancaster-registered ship named the Dallam Tower was wrecked off Java in March 1889 with a cargo of coal from Newcastle.[16]

See also

References
  1. "Dallam Tower, Beetham". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  2. "Dallam Tower". Historic Houses Association. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. "Dallam Tower". National Gardens Scheme. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  4. "Approved Wedding Venues - South Cumbria: Kendal & South Lakes Area". Cumbria County Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. "Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  6. "Deer Shed Approximately 600 Metres South East of Dallam Tower, Beetham". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  7. "Search Results for: "dallam"". Country Life Picture Library. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  8. "Copy of 1760 Map showing spelling "Dalham Tower"". Old Cumbria Gazetteer. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  9. "WILSON, Daniel (1680-1754), of Nether Levens, Westmld". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  10. "WILSON, Edward (?1719-64), of Dallam Tower, Westmld". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  11. "Dallam Tower". Through Mighty Seas. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  12. "Notes on article in Lancaster Gazette, 18 August 1866". Lancashire Lantern. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  13. Brett, Henry (1924). White Wings vol 1: Fifty years of sail in the New Zealand Trade, 1850-1900. New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. pp. 77–81.
  14. "Dallam Tower". Your Treasures. Archived from the original (photo) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012. The photo shows the damage to the equipment on the deck caused by the falling masts and a section of mast that has crashed through a deck house.
  15. "The British Ship Dallam Tower in a Gale off St Paul's Island: wood engraving, 9 September 1873". State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  16. "Wreck Reports for 'Dallam Tower', 1889". PortCities Southampton. Retrieved 28 June 2012.

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