Mowden Hall is a Victorian house designed by Alfred Waterhouse[2] for the Pease family, it is located on Staindrop Road.

[5] John Beaumont Pease bought the farmland in the 1840s on which Mowden Hall stands and demolished the farm in 1862.

After his death, his son Edwin Lucas Pease continued to block the footpath, angering local people.

In 1875, a protest was held at the Mechanics Institute, which resulted in councillors, mayors, solicitors and ramblers forming the Darlington Footpaths Preservation Society.

The court ruled in favour of Pease, who used the monetary award to extend Mowden Hall in size.