Hawes Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Howes

In the civil parish of Helsington.
In the historic county of Westmorland.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.
Medieval County of Westmorland.

OS Map Grid Reference: SD50728852
Latitude 54.28994° Longitude -2.75846°

Hawes Hall has been described as a Fortified Manor House although is doubtful that it was such.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

Description

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)

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.

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1145745
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 1390334.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 4761.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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 sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Sarah Rose, 2014, Victoria County History of Cumbria Project. Draft parish/township histories online copy

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