Wythop Hall And Adjoining Former Stables

Wythop Hall and the adjoining former stables are a farmhouse and stables that likely date back to the mid-16th century, with an extension inscribed and dated 1678 (Fletcher) and late 19th-century alterations. The building features rendered walls on an irregular plinth and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof, which includes late 19th-century rusticated chimney stacks. It is two storeys high and has three bays, with the stables forming a right angle to the right, creating an overall L-shape. Originally, this structure served as the hall and kitchen range of a courtyard plan, which was attached to a fortified house.

The 19th-century enlarged two-light sash windows are set beneath continuous 16th-century hoodmoulds. A porch on the right side has a top-glazed six-panel door framed by a painted architrave, which sits under a dated lintel. The former stables are constructed of whitewashed rubble and have a corrugated iron roof. They feature a ground-floor three-light stone-mullioned window, plank doors, and an upper-floor casement window. The gable wall includes an enlarged 20th-century garage entrance with a loft doorway above. The house also has a 17th-century outshut and a further 19th-century extension at the rear. For further details about the tower that received a licence to crenellate on July 12, 1318, consult M.W. Taylor's "Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland & Cumberland."