Crosscanonby Hall

Crosscanonby Hall is a farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century, with alterations and additions made in 1857 for F.L.B. Dykes. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed red sandstone, with the rear roughcast. It features a steeply-pitched graduated greenslate roof, complete with coped gables and kneelers, and has brick chimney stacks. Originally, it was two storeys high and comprised three bays, but it now includes an extension on the left bay and a right-angled extension at the rear, creating an overall L-shape. The original section has two- and three-light stone-mullioned windows with chamfered edges, all under hoodmoulds. At the rear, there is a two-storey gabled stair projection, which has a side plank door set in a 19th-century surround. The extension features two-light casement windows. The interior once had a stone-arched fireplace dated 1567, which was removed to Dovenby Hall in 1857 and is now lost. The Eaglesfield family resided here in 1675.