Cardew Hall

Cardew Hall is a farmhouse that likely dates from the early 16th century and 17th century, with additions and alterations from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is built of large coursed red sandstone on a squared plinth, featuring thick walls. The roof, added in the 20th century, is tiled with a coped gable and a kneeler on the right side. A large square chimney is located at the right gable, while an ashlar stack is positioned to the left. The building has two storeys, with the original 16th-century house comprising three bays and a 17th-century extension of two bays. There is also a two-bay 18th-century wing that is set at right angles to the main structure.

A large 19th-century sandstone porch features a hipped Welsh slate roof and a side plank door. The windows vary in style, including two original windows with chamfered surrounds (one of which is blocked), two stone-mullioned windows (also blocked), and various 18th-century and later sash and casement windows. In the 17th-century section, there is a four-panel door framed by a carved pilastered surround. The rear elevation reveals a left projection from the original house, which contains the remains of a stair-turret in the angle. A central projecting chimney breast has a corbelled recess that allows light into one of the four stone-mullioned windows, two of which are now blocked. Other windows date from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Cardew Hall is historically significant as the ancestral home of the Denton family and the birthplace of John Denton (circa 1561-1617), who was the first historian of Cumberland. The property was sold to Sir John Lowther in 1686 and is also noted as the birthplace of the poetess Susanna Blamire (1747-1794).