Cark Hall
Cark Hall tends to be overlooked because of its nearness to the more famous Holker Hall, although it’s much older, going back to 1582.
Elizabethan, Cark Hall near Flookburgh, was built by Thomas Pickering (he was married in Cartmel in 1571).
It passed by marriage to the Curwens of Myreside Hall, Flookburgh, then later to the Rawlinsons.
The Rawlinsons held the property for nine generations, extending through 300 years.
Interestingly, it was the home to a man who was, in turn, an ardent Royalist, ‘popish Catholic recusant’, erudite and Anglo-Saxon scholar.
He was also a cruel persecutor of all Quakers, including their great leader, George Fox, who was imprisoned in Cark Hall before his trial at Lancaster.
The Hall has mullioned windows and a magnificent entrance with Ionic columns supporting a large arch.
On the imposing doorway is a sadly now weathered coat-of-arms of Robert Rawlinson, granted in 1662 when he became a Justice of Charles II.
On the western side, a wing was added, probably in the 17th century.
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