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Hawkshead Courthouse are the remains of a small 15th-century building that once formed part of Hawkshead Hall, in the Furness area of Lancashire. It belonged to Furness Abbey, which until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1537, owned the whole of High Furness. The current building is the last remnant of a set of buildings that once formed a quadrangular mediæval farmstead owned by the monks. The building has a gateway arch, above which is a 41 foot long court room where the manorial courts were held; the lower floor was used as a farm building. After the dissolution, the Courthouse served such diverse purposes as a chapel, an artist's studio, a youth club, and stables. As for the rest of the original Hawkshead Hall, it was pulled down in 1870. In 1932 Henry Swainson Cooper gave the Courthouse to the National Trust. It is a grade II listed building. It is within the council area of Westmorland and Furness.
Historic England Grade II* Listed 1335777.

Place Type: Mediæval House
Historic County: Lancashire
Lat, Long: 54.380432,-3.0030256
Grid Reference: SD 3495 9879
Civil Parish: Hawkshead CP
Council Area: Westmorland and Furness CA
Police Area: Cumbria PA

GBPN ID: 301088
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Hawkshead_Courthouse,_Lancashire_301088

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