Thorphinsty Hall And North Cottage And South Cottage

The property comprises three houses, originally one larger house, situated on Cartmel Fell. The core of Thorphinsty Hall likely dates from before 1708, as indicated by a lintel inscription bearing the initials “WHE/1708”, although substantial alterations and additions were made later. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with some plastered areas, and has a slate roof.

The main north facade forms an L-shape and has seven bays. Most windows feature single-chamfered mullions and label moulds. A blocked cross-mullioned window is found in the first bay of the ground floor, with sash windows with glazing-bars in the second bay. The fourth bay has a two-light window, the fifth a six-light window, both with a continuous label mould, and a casement window is present in the seventh bay. The entrances are located in the third and sixth bays. The first floor has a two-light window in the first bay, a four-light window in the third bay, and a two-light window in the fourth bay. The second, fifth, sixth, and seventh bays contain sash windows with glazing-bars. A unique feature is a four-light wooden chamfered-mullioned window, currently unglazed, situated between the fifth and sixth bays. The building incorporates a small projecting gable-end stack and a cross-axial stack, with a smaller gable-end stack in the seventh bay.

The west facade, featuring eight bays with a lower-pitched roof, is likely a later addition. It has casement windows, including two-light single-chamfered-mullioned windows in the second and eighth bays. A window in the sixth bay is situated in the former entrance, displaying an escutcheon inscribed "WHE/1708". A label mould extends over a later entrance to the right and the window in the eighth bay, dropping and returning beyond. The first floor incorporates two-light windows within a continuous dripstone. Cross-axial and gable-end stacks are visible. To the south gable end, there's a two-bay wing, with a ground-floor dripcourse, cross-mullioned window, casement window, and a cross-mullioned stair window on the ground floor. The first floor has two windows of two lights and a cross-mullioned window.

The rear facade facing south has a 20th century window and a blocked cross-mullioned window to the ground floor, with small-paned fixed glazing and a sash window with glazing bars on the first floor. The rear facade facing east includes a re-entrant stair wing under a catslide roof, featuring a four-light wooden mullioned window, two-light windows (one stone, one wood), and a two-light stone mullioned window on the return.

The interior contains a fireplace beam, cambered to the left of a heck post, and another fireplace with an entablature, featuring a pulvinated frieze and vine trail decoration to the hearth. A 17th or early 18th century panelled door, panelled window reveals, and cupboard doors are also present. Some parts of the interior remain uninspected.