Hawes Hall

Has been described as a Questionable Fortified Manor House

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameHawes Hall
Alternative NamesHowes
Historic CountryWestmorland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishHelsington

House. Late C17 with later additions and alterations. Limewashed rubble walls. Graduated slate roof. End chimney stacks. 2 storeys plus attics. Rear part built first. Front, added early C19, has hipped roof. Central 6 panelled door with arched head in chamfered stone surround, possibly reused, 2 sash windows under slate drip moulds to either side and 2 sash windows above, with vertical bars. Rear has full height staircase projection with late C19 sash windows on each half landing. Interior has late C17 staircase with turned balusters and square newels surmounted by balls. There are records of property at Hawes (or Howes) since the C13. (Listed Building Report)

Site of Hawes Hall, the chief messuage of the Chambre family in the Mediaeval and post-Mediaeval period. According to Marsh, the present Hawes Hall is a farmhouse with parts of a Mediaeval house built into it. (PastScape ref. Perriam and Robinson)

Gatehouse Comments

Site of gentry status medieval manor house. Included by Perriam and Robinson in their gazetteer of medieval fortified buildings but there is no evidence the medieval house was fortified. There is no mention of a moat or a tower. Perriam and Robinson reproduce a C16 map which shows a 'curious drawing' of this house - it is shown without any crenellations, moat or any other features which might be considered fortified beyond some sketches of doors with large hinge ironware.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
Images Of England
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSD507885
Latitude54.2899398803711
Longitude-2.75846004486084
Eastings350727
Northings488525
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Books

  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 343
  • RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p. 108 no. 8 online transcription

Other

  • Sarah Rose, 2014, Victoria County History of Cumbria Project. Draft parish/township histories online copy