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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 | |
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 BPE81.jpg (taken 12.5.2008)  BPE80.jpg boat house; said to the the bridal suite for the hotel. (taken 12.5.2008) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Langdale Chase Hotel |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LANGDALE CHASE HOTEL / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452849 / NY3866701680" |
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| 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." |
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| 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. |
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| It has a boat house in which Mrs Howarth kept her steam launch Branksome, which is
preserved at the Steam Boat Museum. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Waymark, Janet: 2009: Thomas Mawson, Life, Gardens and Landscapes: Lincoln, Francis
(London) |
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