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Frommer's Recommended

This is a country house in a scenic position above Lake Windermere, with 2.4 hectares (6 acres) of garden. Part stone and part red brick, with a roof of green Westmoreland slate, the house was built for a wealthy mill owner in 1879, but its most famous owner was Beatrix Potter, who installed her mother here while she lived across the lake at Sawrey. The present owner, Norman Stoller, has furnished it in fine style. Nine of the bedrooms have lake views and are comfortably furnished. Three rooms have handsome four-poster beds, and some rooms have spa bathrooms. Three rooms are large enough for families.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's England 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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