Lawkland Hall And Garden Walls

Lawkland Hall is a large house, largely dating from the late 16th century with substantial additions and alterations in the late 17th century and the mid-18th century. It was restored in 1912-1914 by J. N. Ambler. The construction is of squared rubble, with stone dressings and a stone slate roof. The building follows a double-ended hall plan, comprising a hall, a projecting left-hand wing, a two-storey, one-bay gabled service wing and a projecting right-hand three-storey, one-bay gabled wing.

The hall’s central entrance is framed by a moulded surround and a decorated lintel, topped by an Ingleby coat of arms. It features a 17th-century softwood door with applied moulding. Windows throughout have leaded lights. The ground floor of the hall has two cross windows with cavetto mullions and transoms, with a dripmould, while the upper floor has three, with hoodmoulds above. A small circular window is present on both floors to the right. An iron rainwater head, dated 1776, is located on the right-hand side. A central gabled dormer has a two-light double chamfered window with a hoodmould. The wings incorporate mullioned and transomed windows, largely dating from c.1912. The left-hand wing’s gable contains a former double chamfered window, with the mullion now missing and a hoodmould still present. The right-hand wing has a rearranged four-light double chamfered window on the second floor, featuring a king mullion and a 20th-century lintel, along with a hoodmould. Another double chamfered mullioned window and hoodmould is found in the gable. The building features ball finials to kneelers, along with other finial bases and replacements.

Inside, the interior contains rearranged late 17th-century and mid-18th-century panelling, likely altered around 1912. A re-cut lintel in the hall is inscribed “I AM 1679”. A late 17th-century dog-leg staircase, inserted around 1912, has a closed string, turned balusters, and a moulded handrail. The first floor retains a c.1912 tiled bathroom with marble fittings. A former chapel on the second floor contains a rearranged chimney flue, believed to be a priest’s hole. A late 16th-century spiral stone staircase leads to a belvedere, with an exposed rafter inscribed "ISI 1758" (J. S. Ingleby). The hall roof has collared principals with king posts, trenched purlins and angle struts. The roof of the west wing is reputedly from the mid-18th century, with king posts, v struts and carved braces. The garden walls, constructed of rubble, are approximately 2.5 metres high and run south to a stream, extending to the east and west of the hall. The hall was owned by the Ingleby family from the late 17th century until 1912.