Selside Hall

Selside Hall
Westmorland
Location
Grid reference:	SD53509904
Location:	54°23’5"N, 2°43’5"W
History
	Built Late 14th century
	Farmhouse
Information

Selside Hall is a mediæval manorial hall at Selside in Westmorland which today is simply a grand farmhouse. The hall was built in the late 14th century, probably as a pele tower: a fortified house in a lawless land during the centuries of border wars and the depredations of the reivers.

Today it is a Grade II* listed building.

Construction

The hall was built late in 14th century, with a central hall and crosswings. It was later expanded into the form of twin towers connected by an intervening central block. The southern tower is known to have been residence around 1450 and the northern tower was added about 1550 when the hall was re-erected. There have been 18th century and later alterations and additions.

The hall today includes the remains of the two towers. A chapel is documented in 17th century, but this was demolished in 1718.

The ground-floor of the south wing has an elliptical barrel vault of stone and in the cross-wall is an original doorway with a shouldered head. The late 17th or early 18th-century well-staircase has turned balusters and square newels.