Situated on rising ground near the main road N from Lancaster to Kendal, Beetham Hall was a fortified limestone manor house built on an H-shaped plan.
Most of the curtain wall as well as the converted hall block on the S side remains.
A probable performance venue. No Beetham household records survive but a minstrel under Sir Edward Beetham's patronage performed at York in the mid-15th c.
The original hall now serves as a barn and offices in the farmhouse complex. Owned by the Wilson family of Dallam Tower. Not open to the public.
ca. 1340 Tower probably erected by Sir Ralph de Beetham.
ca. 1483-5 Anne, daughter & heir of Roger Beetham, married Sir Robert Middleton of Leighton, into whose family the hall passed.
1644 Taken by General Fairfax; E wing destroyed.
1671 'Betham-hall, a pleasant seat, and hath been a fair house, but now much ruined' (Fleming, Westmorland 11).
later 17th c. Acquired by the Stanleys, Earls of Derby, then the Cliffords, Earls of Westmorland.
1693 Farmhouse on S side of courtyard built.
1767 Acquired by the Wilson family of Dallam Tower.
REED York 1.76
| Name | Dates | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Beetham, Edward | 1415-1472 | Knight |
