Hartsop Hall
| Hartsop Hall | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Hartsop Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY39851202 |
| Location: | 54°30’0"N, 2°55’49"W |
| History | |
| Built 16th century | |
| Farmhouse | |
| Information | |
Hartsop Hall is a 16th century, stone-built grand house at Hartsop in Westmorland. It may not these days aspire to the status of a country mansion, but Hartsop Hall is a grand house nevertheless, serving as a farmhouse. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The style is typical of the larger sort of Lakeland farmhouse, and the setting magnificent. The main part of the house was built in the 16th century, a west wing was added in the 17th century and a south wing was added in the 18th century.[2]
The house is built of stone and slate rubble and has a flag roof. It possibly originated as a tower house, though this is far from certain, and its date is rather late for a Middle Shires pele tower.
Construction
Hartsop Hall is to be found about two miles south of the parish church. It was built probably in the 16th century and has a 17th-century extension on the west and an 18th-century wing on the south. The north and south walls retain original windows with rounded heads to the lights; one window in the south wall has a moulded label; a doorway in the S. wall, now opening into the wing, has a four-centred head.
Inside the building are some original moulded ceiling-beams. The 17th-century staircase has turned balusters and square newels with moulded terminals. Part of the original king-post roof remains.[3]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1245315: Hartsop Hall
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 10401 – Harsop Hall
- ↑ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of England, 1936