Whinfell Hall

Whinfell Hall is a farmhouse, now a private house, dating from the mid-19th century, built upon the foundations of a late 17th-century structure. The exterior has roughcast walls with a string course and angle pilasters, resting on a chamfered plinth. The roof is of graduated greenslate with coped gables and cement-rendered chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high, with three bays at the front, and a lower, rear, right-angled section that represents the original two-bay farmhouse, alongside a mid-19th century staircase extension to the rear. A double-panelled door with an overlight is situated within a later Tuscan porch. Sash windows are set within painted stone surrounds, with shaped cornices on the ground floor. The older part of the building has a blocked, chamfered doorway, now a window, featuring a lintel dated and inscribed 'J (?) W 1734' and bearing the initials 'I&EA' (Alison) from 1694 on either side. Above this is a blocked, chamfered, two-light window dating from the 17th century. A panelled door is present on the right in a 20th-century plain opening. Sash windows are set within 19th-century stone surrounds. A neighbouring farmer possesses a photograph of the house prior to the addition of the Tuscan porch.