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Latitude: 54.3804 / 54°22'49"N
Longitude: -3.0034 / 3°0'12"W
OS Eastings: 334927
OS Northings: 498781
OS Grid: SD349987
Mapcode National: GBR 7KGS.LJ
Mapcode Global: WH82K.V508
Plus Code: 9C6R9XJW+4M
Entry Name: Hawkshead Old Hall
Listing Date: 18 May 1953
Last Amended: 22 September 1987
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087223
English Heritage Legacy ID: 76834
ID on this website: 101087223
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA22
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Hawkshead
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Hawkshead St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
HAWKSHEAD B5286
SD 39 NW
(North side)
5/128 Hawkshead Old Hall
18.5.53 (formerly listed as
Hawkshead Hall with
gatehouse)
GV II*
House. Possibly C17 with medieval origins. Roughcast stone and slate roof with
swept valleys. 2 storeys, east facade of 3 bays. 1st bay projects under gable;
2nd bay projects slightly under cat slide roof. 1st bay has inset beam to
ground floor, above small recess with wooden door; 1st floor has small-paned
casement and small return light. 2nd bay has wooden mullioned stair window of
3 lights with transom and leaded glazing. 3rd bay has 4-light wooden
chamfered-mullioned window with intermediate bars to 1st floor over lean-to
porch. Glazed doors to 1st and 3rd bays. 1st bay has cruciform cross-axial
stack; gable end stack with round shaft. Right return has 2 sashed windows with
glazing bars and horns to left of projecting chimney breast, entrance to right.
Rear of 4 bays; windows have small-paned casements, but 4th bay has 5-light
wooden chamfered-mullioned window with intermediate bars. Right return of
2 bays has dripcourses; sashed windows with glazing bars, those to ground floor
with slated lintels, those to 1st floor with horns; gable-end stack with round
shaft. Interior has stop-chamfered beams. Winding stair has turned balusters
and square newels. The hall was part of the monastic grange of Hawkshead,
associated with Furness Abbey, and was originally attached by a south wing to
Hawskhead Courthouse (q.v.). A corbel built into the wall of the porch is the
original keystone from the courthouse, replaced by a replica.
Listing NGR: SD3492798781
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