Architecture

Step Back in Time

Prepare yourself for a unique journey through time. With no ropes or barriers to hinder, find yourself drawn into the living memory of lost eras. See how these homes have evolved through the years, each generation leaving their mark.

Start your journey in the 1350's Pele Tower of Hutton-in-the-Forest and end it in the elegant Victorian drawing room. Learn how the family's needs and tastes changed over the years and how the house was developed to match.

Admire the grandeur of Elizabethan Levens Hall. Starting life as a medieval structure the hall was transformed into a true gentleman's residence by future generations and furnished with exquisite taste and Jacobean furniture.

Get your first glimpse of the imposing, medieval Muncaster Castle in its commanding stance above the village of Ravenglass. Get within the sturdy walls and feel the safety that they bring.

See history in action at Lowther Castle as Stonemasons and other craftsmen rebuild parapet walls, turrets and towers at this castle ruin.

Feel Their Imprint

Sit at the desk of William Wordsworth himself in the traditional 1574 Lakeland cottage where he found so much inspiration. He even made a few home improvements.

Step into the charmed territory of Blackwell, the only Arts & Crafts House of M H Baillie Scott open to the public. Spend a quiet moment in an inglenook fireplace or on the stunning minstrel's gallery.

Seek out Mirehouse in its wooded seclusion. Built as a gentleman's hunting lodge it is a real rural idyll and gives an insight into the more leisurely side of life in years gone by.

Enter the churchlike sanctuary of Holker Hall, an early 1600's residence. Admire the craftsmanship of local workers and see the exhibition of the architectural plans.