Built by Joshua Horton (1616-1676)

The house is dated IH IH 1646 for Joshua and Isobel Horton.

His son Elkanah built the Almshouses

In 1857 it was sold to John Rawson and was subdivided into 5 dwellings, currently it is 3 dwellings.

For the location please see the main village photograph

1911 Census

Address	Name	Rel	Age	YOB	Occupation	Where Born
2 Sowerby Hall	SIMPSON, Arthur	Head	31	1880	Stone Dresser	Pateley Bridge
2 Sowerby Hall	SIMPSON, Rachel	Wife	30	1881		Longton, Staffordshire
2 Sowerby Hall	SIMPSON, Kate	Daughter	11	1900	School	Shipley
2 Sowerby Hall	SIMPSON, Tamar	Daughter	9	1902	School	Shipley
2 Sowerby Hall	SIMPSON, Annie E	Daughter	7	1904	School	Shipley
2 Sowerby Hall	SIMPSON, John Beck	Son	5	1906	School	Bingley
2 Sowerby Hall	SIMPSON, Arthur	Son	3	1908	School	Colne, Lancashire
4 Sowerby Hall	HOLT, Harriett	Head	79	1832		Sowerby Bridge
6 Sowerby Hall	HELLOWELL, Samuel	Head	50	1861	Carrier General	Sowerby
6 Sowerby Hall	HELLOWELL, Sarah	Wife	43	1868		Triangle
6 Sowerby Hall	HELLOWELL, Edgar	Son	16	1895	Railway Perter	Sowerby
6 Sowerby Hall	HELLOWELL, Charles	Son	12	1899	School	Sowerby
6 Sowerby Hall	HELLOWELL, Lizzie	Daughter	8	1903		Sowerby
8 Sowerby Hall	UNINHABITED
10 Sowerby Hall	BROWN, Guildford	Head	30	1881	Plumber Jobbing	Sowerby
10 Sowerby Hall	BROWN, Adeline	Wife	33	1878		Triangle
10 Sowerby Hall	BROWN, Reginald	Son	1	1910		Sowerby