Cowmire Hall | |
Type: | Manor House |
Coordinates: | 54.2908°N -2.881°W |
Location: | Crosthwaite |
Area: | Cumbria |
Designation1: | Grade II* |
Designation1 Offname: | Cowmire Hall |
Designation1 Date: | 21 November 1952 |
Designation2: | Grade II |
Designation2 Offname: | Outbuildings to West and North of Cowmire Hall |
Designation2 Date: | 21 November 1952 |
Cowmire Hall is a country house near Crosthwaite in Cumbria, England. The hall, the garden wall and gate piers are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
The hall was originally built as a tower house in the early 16th century probably for the Briggs family.[1] It was acquired by the Newby family in the late 17th century[2] and was extended and remodelled by Richard Fleming, a son of Sir Daniel Fleming, in the 1690s.[1] It was owned by the Carruthers family until 1934.[2] It was then owned by Major and Mrs Gordon until 1966 and has since been acquired by the Barrett family who use it as a home and have converted a farm building into a damson gin cellar.[3]