East Shaftoe Hall

East Shaftoe Hall is a historic house that dates back to the late 13th or 14th century, featuring a medieval tower and an attached house that likely originated in the 16th century. The building underwent extensions and alterations in the mid-17th century and again in the 18th century. It is constructed of squared stone and random rubble, topped with a Lakeland slate roof.

The medieval tower is located on the left, while the later house is attached to the right. The rightmost section has walls that are similar in thickness to the tower, suggesting it may have been a second tower connected to the first by a hall range. The central section was extended to the rear in the 18th century, and the entire structure was re-roofed, resulting in a roughly rectangular shape. The building has two storeys plus an attic and is divided into three sections.

The left bay, which is the tower, features large, even medieval squared stone. It has an early 17th-century round-headed doorway with a roll-moulded surround, above which is a 12-pane Yorkshire sash window in a double-chamfered surround. To the right is a straight joint leading to the second section, the later house, which consists of three bays with 12-pane sashes in 17th-century chamfered surrounds, set beneath string courses. The extreme right section projects and includes an early 17th-century doorway to the left with a multi-moulded surround and a renewed Tudor-arched lintel, along with 12- and 9-pane sashes in double-chamfered surrounds. The roof is hipped, with large external stacks on the right and at the rear. There is also a 19th-century lean-to carriage house on the left return.

Inside, the tower features a tunnel-vaulted ground floor that is strengthened by eight massive square-section transverse ribs. In the north-west corner, there is a pointed-arched chamfered doorway leading to a newel stair, of which only the circular stairwell remains. A similar broader doorway leads into the attached house. The mid-17th-century open-well staircase has a moulded handrail, square newels with ball finials, and diabolo balusters. The balustrade extends beyond the current top of the stairs, indicating that the house was once three full storeys.

Adjacent to the south-east corner is a round font from the former Shaftoe Church, now repurposed as a planter, which likely dates back to the 12th century.