The simple original restored staircase dressed in its local Herdwick wool stair runner takes you to the recently renovated rooms where classic elegance meets fabulous views.

With their original Victorian panelled doors, cast iron rim locks, ebonized wooden door knobs, stripped floors, fireplaces and refurbished sash windows the rooms certainly have character. The painted furniture gives a light and airy feel and to ensure the highest level of comfort during your stay all rooms feature rugs, interlined curtains or blinds and individually thermostatically controlled classically designed radiators and towel rails.

Our elegantly refined Victorian style brass double bedsteads high thread count white bed linens are combined with extra deep mattresses and micro fibre duvets and pillows which give the feeling of down with properties suitable for allergy sufferers. Contrast this with rich silk bedspreads and an abundance of velvet and silk cushions our beds offer a sumptuous haven for the hardened fell walker or village stroller alike.

Walk into our en-suites and luxury surrounds you from the classically designed 1930s Mackintosh Art Deco style range of taps and showers with 8 inch rainfall heads and black ceramic levers, to the black italian tumbled marble tiles, our shower rooms complement both the eye and hand.

The Rooms

The Herdwick

Named after the local breed of sheep famously farmed and bred by Beatrix Potter. Herdwick has two windows with spectacular and unrivalled views of Stone Arthur, fireplace with wooden surround, original cast iron insert and slate hearth and large walk in shower in the en-suite. The room has an abundance of storage with full height mirrored wardrobe, draws, tall boy and two bedside/lamp tables each with small draws for nicknacks.

The Galloway

Named after the distinctive belted cattle from the Scottish Lowlands which were introduced to the Lake District and raised by Beatrix Potter on her fell farms for their beauty and adaptability to poor land. The room has views up to Easedale and features an original cast iron fireplace with slate hearth. There is ample storage with full height mirrored wardrobe with bottom draw, a set of draws and two bedside tables each with a small draw for nicknacks.

The Daffodil

Inspired by William Wordsworth’s poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” commonly known as "Daffodils” with an amazing bay window which has breathtaking panoramic views of Silver Howe, Easedale, and the best known of them all the famed ‘Lion and the Lamb’ the room is wondrously light which is befitting of its name. The room is larger than Herdwick and Galloway and features a large original fireplace with wooden surround, cast iron insert and tiled hearth.