Gosforth Hall

Gosforth Hall is a large house built around 1658 for Robert and Isabel Copley, as indicated by the initials R.C. on a lintel that has been reused in a barn. The house was altered and extended around 1673, as noted by a date over the fireplace. Although part of the building has been demolished, the remaining structure has been remodeled at a later date. The exterior is constructed of wet-dashed rubble with graduated slate roofs and stone ridges. Originally, the house had a U-shaped plan, but the west wing has since been removed.

The east elevation remains mostly intact, featuring three bays and a central gabled porch with a glazed inner door set in a chamfered surround. The windows on the ground and first floors were originally 2- and 3-light, mullioned and transomed, and are topped with hoodmoulds. The ground floor windows on the left are partly blocked, while those on the right have been replaced with paired sashes. The attic features original small, multi-light windows under the eaves. The rear of the main block also has similar original windows, some of which have been blocked or replaced by sashes. The front of the main block retains its original attic windows and continuous hoodmoulds on the ground and first floors, although other doors and windows have been replaced. The building is adorned with moulded copings and ball finials at the roof apex and kneelers, along with corniced stone mid chimneys.

Inside, the east wing on the ground floor front retains a chamfered fireplace with decorative plaster above the mantel that is dated. There is also a large chamfered, segment-headed fireplace in the rear room. A wide full-height newel stair is located in the projecting wing at the rear. The roof features a total of six upper-cruck trusses. A single-storey block adjoining the rear of the east wing is not of interest.