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Langdale Chase Hotel, Lakes
Langdale Chase Hotel
locality:-   Low Wood
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
locality type:-   hotel
coordinates:-   NY38660169
1Km square:-   NY3801
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BPE81.jpg (taken 12.5.2008)  
photograph
BPE80.jpg  boat house; said to the the bridal suite for the hotel.
(taken 12.5.2008)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Langdale Chase Hotel
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LANGDALE CHASE HOTEL / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452849 / NY3866701680"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Victorian Jacobean in very picturesque style and magnificent setting on lakeside. Stone house, irregular design, with bay windows. Interior very fine with much carved woodwork, good staircase, gallery, panelling etc."

notes:-  
Design by Joseph Pattinson collaborating with London architects J L Ball and J T Lee, 1890-95, for Mrs Edna Howarth. It was built by Grisenthwaite of Penrith.
It has a boat house in which Mrs Howarth kept her steam launch Branksome, which is preserved at the Steam Boat Museum.

Hyde, Matthew & Whittaker, Esme &Corbet, Val (photographer): 2014: Arts and Craft Houses in the Lake District: Lincoln, Francis (London):: ISBN 978 0 7112 3408 6

notes:-  
Langdale Chase was designed by Joseph Pattinson, built by Grissenthwaite of Penrith, finished 1894, for widowed Edna Hogarth. The new house replaced Low Wood Lodge, which became the gardener's house. A boat house was included; the house was the first to have electric light in the area. Thomas H Mawson designed the landscaping and gardens.

Waymark, Janet: 2009: Thomas Mawson, Life, Gardens and Landscapes: Lincoln, Francis (London)

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