Hawkshead Old Hall

House. It may date from the 17th century, with possible origins in the medieval period. The house is constructed of roughcast stone with a slate roof featuring swept valleys. The east facade has three bays, with the first bay projecting under a gable and the second bay projecting slightly under a cat slide roof. The first bay has an inset beam on the ground floor and a small recess with a wooden door above. The first floor has a small-paned casement window and a small return light. The second bay has a wooden mullioned stair window with three lights and a transom, containing leaded glazing. The third bay has a four-light wooden chamfered-mullioned window with intermediate bars to the first floor, above a lean-to porch. Glazed doors are present in the first and third bays. A cruciform cross-axial chimney stack is located in the first bay, and a gable end stack with a round shaft is also present. The right return side has two sashed windows with glazing bars and horns to the left of the projecting chimney breast, and an entrance to the right. The rear of the house is four bays wide, with windows containing small-paned casements; the fourth bay has a five-light wooden chamfered-mullioned window with intermediate bars. The right return side, of two bays, has dripcourses and sashed windows with glazing bars. Ground floor windows have slated lintels, while first floor windows have horns; a gable-end stack with a round shaft is also present. Internally, the house features stop-chamfered beams and a winding stair with turned balusters and square newels. The hall was part of the monastic grange of Hawkshead, associated with Furness Abbey, and was originally connected by a south wing to Hawkshead Courthouse. A corbel built into the wall of the porch is the original keystone from the courthouse, though it has been replaced by a replica.