Denton Hall And Adjoining Barn/Stables

Denton Hall is a farmhouse, originally a 14th-century tower house with later hall extensions, located within the estate of the Earl of Carlisle and dated to 1829. The tower’s walls are over 2 metres thick, constructed from large blocks of calciferous sandstone rubble. Later extensions are built with a mix of calciferous and red sandstone rubble, with ashlar quoins, and have a graduated green slate roof with coped gables, kneelers, and cream brick chimney stacks on ashlar bases. The front has two storeys and three bays, featuring a six-panel door with a radial fanlight, an alternate block surround, and a round arch with a dated keystone. Sash windows with glazing bars have plain raised stone surrounds. The original tower stands three storeys high; its walls were partially reduced in height when a gabled roof was added, and they are now partially internal, forming part of the rear and side walls of the extended house. The rear of the house includes a gabled 19th-century porch and two-light mullioned windows. A 19th-century section to the left of the porch sits on what appears to be the earlier foundations of the hall. The interior of the tower remains largely unaltered, containing features not visible externally, and now obscured by later structures. The ground floor is not vaulted, and a splayed window in the north wall has been enlarged. A newel staircase has a ground floor entrance in the south angle of the east wall. A first-floor room contains a filled two-light mullioned window with a shouldered rear arch, a splayed window seat, and flanking narrow entrances with shouldered arches; the entrance on the left leads to the stair, while the one on the right contains a garderobe with a small square filled window. A similar splayed window in the west wall has also been filled, and an enlarged splayed window in the north wall is present. A filled fireplace in the east wall retains its hearth stone. Original corbel stones for the ceiling remain, with a later ceiling above, supported on beams sunk into the wall. The second floor is now within the roof space, with the staircase rising for 4 to 5 steps before stopping. Adjoining the hall is a two-story barn/stable with whitewashed walls, plank doors, and mullioned windows to the rear of the house. A dry moat and earthworks remain in part.