The Moot Hall is a municipal building in The Market Place in Brampton, Cumbria, England. The building, which is used as a local tourist information office and as a meeting place for Brampton Parish Council, is a Grade II* listed building. [1]

Moot Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Brampton, Cumbria, England. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building.

Moot Hall. 1817, replacing C17 Town Hall, for the Earl of Carlisle: given to the Parish Council 1896 and extended on ground floor. Extension of dressed red sandstone, with stucco and painted quoins above, green slate roof with lead hips; wooden tower with lead cupola.

This picturesque Moot Hall has been the centrepiece of Brampton's market place since 1648, when Oliver Cromwell imprisoned 40 prisoners here. The present building dates to 1817 and was built for Lord Carlisle.

In the centre of the town is the octagonal Moot Hall, built in 1817, with an external staircase to its upper entrance, pointed windows and a square turret. The building used to house the Tourist Information Centre, but this is now closed.

Brampton Tourist Information Centre - This centre is run by an enthusiastic team of volunteers, based in the Moot Hall, situated in the centre of the historic rural town of Brampton.

A moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues. [1] In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls. [2]

Feb 29, 2024 · During Anglo-Saxon times in England, a modest, circular earthwork known as a moot hill or moot mound was the designated site where the leading figures of the hundred convened to make decisions. Over time, some of these locations had permanent structures built upon them, becoming known as moot halls.

Moot Hall is located on the Market Square in Brampton. It was built in 1817 for the Earl of Carlisle, replacing an earlier 17th century hall. Courts were once held here. The hall was given to the Parish Council in 1896 and extended on ground floor. Moot Hall is a Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

The Moot Hall was built for the Earl of Carlisle in 1817 to replace a 17th century Town Hall. It was given to the Parish Council in 1896. It is an octagonal building. It was originally open on the ground floor where a butter, egg and poultry market was held.