Sowerby Hall

Sowerby Hall is a former vicarage that has been converted into a farmhouse. It likely dates from the early 17th century but underwent significant alterations in 1746, as indicated by the inscription above the front entrance, which names Joseph Sevithwaite and his wife. The building features painted render over mixed sandstone rubble walls and has a graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers, along with banded sandstone chimney stacks at the gable ends.

The structure is two storeys high and consists of five bays, with a single-storey washhouse on the right. The central entrance has a 20th-century door and fanlight set within a moulded pilastered surround, complete with imposts and a false keystone. The windows are sash style, with painted stone surrounds; notably, the window to the left of the entrance is double. At the rear, there is a 17th-century three-light chamfered stone-mullioned staircase window, while the washhouse features a rear chamfered window with the stone mullion removed.

Inside, the house has beamed ceilings, an inglenook with a heck partition, and a 20th-century fireplace along with a cupboard recess on the left. Panelled doors can be found in the hall and on the landing. A visitation by Chancellor Waugh around 1752 noted that the vicar had built a neat and convenient house, maintaining it in good order, as recorded in the Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society.