Hipping Hall is a country house hotel on the border of Lancashire, Cumbria and North Yorkshire, near Kirkby Lonsdale.

Opened in 2005 by chemist-turned-hotelier Andrew Wildsmith, the five-star retreat dates back to the 15th century and has nine bedrooms and a Four-AA Rosette[1] restaurant serving a menu of locally sourced food.

[2] In Autumn 2010, Hipping Hall featured in an episode of BBC2’s The Trip – a series starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, in which the pair embark on a restaurant tour of northern England.

One of Hipping's main features is The Great Hall, now the dining room, which dates from the 15th century and is a balconied, beamed space.

[4] Hipping Hall is surrounded on four sides by the magnificent landscapes of the Lune Valley, Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and the Trough of Bowland.

He was a blacksmith and his new home on a well-frequented road would have brought him many customers needing shoeing for their horses and repairs to their carriages.

In 1704 he married Mary Mawson who with her husband decided to re-edify the Hall by putting their initials with the date 1706 above the front door.

He did not marry and when he died 1927 the house was passed to his brother William Thomas Wearing, a retired medical practitioner.