Torpenhow Hall

Torpenhow Hall is a manor house that has been converted into a farmhouse. It dates from the mid-16th century and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building features extremely thick cement-rendered walls topped with a graduated greenslate roof and brick chimney stacks. It is two stories high with three bays, along with a slightly lower two-bay extension on the right side.

The main entrance is a 20th-century door set in a chamfered surround beneath a Tudor arch, which is inscribed with the initial "A". There is another 20th-century entrance to the left within a 20th-century porch. The original window located between the entrances has had its mullions removed and features a chamfered surround under a hoodmould with label stops inscribed with "J.A." (for John Appleby). The building has irregularly spaced sash windows set in 19th-century surrounds. The extension includes two plank doors and sash windows in stone surrounds.

At the rear, there is a three-light stone-mullioned window on the upper floor, which has one mullion removed, with the remaining light featuring a round head under a hoodmould with inscribed label stops similar to the front window. The rear also has 19th-century sash windows in painted stone surrounds. A two-story, single-bay extension at the rear has additional 19th-century sash windows.

Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace with a stone heck partition and a massive firebeam, along with a similar ceiling beam. An original ground floor window is splayed on the inside and stepped to create a window seat within the thickness of the wall. Low roof trusses that project down into each bedroom are likely from the 16th century. John Appleby acquired the hall around 1567, and it was sold by the Appleby family to Sir George Fletcher in 1658 or 1659, as documented in the Cumbria County Record Office. A right-angled barn extension on the extreme right is not of interest.