Oxnop Hall
Oxnop Hall is a historic building near Muker in North Yorkshire, in England.
The date the farmhouse was built is uncertain, but it has a datestone reading 1685, so was either built or altered at that time.[1] It was the home of George Kearton, a boxer and huntsman, who died in 1764, when he claimed to be 125 years old.[2] The building was grade II* listed in 1966; Historic England describes it as "the best house of its type in Swaledale".[1] In 2018, it remained in use as a farmhouse, and has more recently also served as a bed and breakfast.[3]
The house is built of stone on a boulder plinth, with sandstone dressings, quoins and a stone slate roof with stone copings and shaped kneelers. It has two storeys, five bays, and a rear stair turret. On the front is a two-storey gabled porch containing a basket-arched doorway with a moulded chamfered surround, a dated and initialled lintel, and a hood mould, above which is an inscribed and dated panel. On the front are fire windows and a single-light window, and the other windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed with hood moulds.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Oxnop Hall, Muker (1131529)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ Kirby, R. S. (1820). Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum. London.
- ^ "Dales in crisis: Unbroken by winters... can they survive march of time?". Yorkshire Post. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2025.