Historic BuildingsWindermere

Originally built in the Middle Ages by the Strickland family, who still live here, this imposing house has an exceptional series of oak‐panelled rooms culminating in the Inlaid Chamber. Portraits, fine furniture and ceramics accumulated over centuries by the family are shown alongside their recent photographs. …
Distance: 8.3 miles away

Many of the enchanting illustrations for Beatrix Potter's little tales were inspired by Hill Top. It remains as she left it and in each room can be found something that appears in one of her books. The cottage garden contains the same pleasing mix of flowers,…
Distance: 2.9 miles away

The Topiary Gardens at Levens are world‐famous in their own right, and are a must for any visitor to the English Lake District. When Col. Grahme, who had held the office of Privy Purse to King James II, came back to Levens in 1688 upon the…
Distance: 9.6 miles away

Rydal Mount dates from the 16th Century when the house was a small yeoman style cottage. This older part of the house became the Wordsworths Dining Room on the ground floor and Dorothy and Dora Wordsworth's bedrooms on the first floor. The house has good entertaining…
Distance: 5.9 miles away

The impressive tower and other remains of this Premonstratensian abbey stand in an isolated valley. Describing the site as a ruin is unfair, a substantial amount of the west tower remains and the foundations of the living quarters and church remain. The stores for example look…
Distance: 14 miles away

Largely 17th‐century, the solid stone and slate house is an exceptional survival. It belonged to a wealthy 'statesman' farming family and contains carved woodwork, books, papers, furniture and fascinating domestic implements from the past, largely accumulated by the Browne family who lived here from 1626 to 1943.…
Distance: 2.5 miles away