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post box, Coniston (3)
locality:-   Lane Head
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   post box (wall) 
coordinates:-   SD318969
1Km square:-   SD3196
10Km square:-   SD39

photograph
BZE22.jpg (taken 11.1999)  courtesy of Dori and Geoff
An Edwardian box set into a stone wall between Bank Ground Farm and the large Lane Head house, now an outdoor centre. There is a spectacular view across Coniston Water towards the Old Man. When we visited this box towards the end of 1999 it looked rather neglected, with the paint having faded to pink.
This location has many literary associations. Lane Head was the home of the writer, archaeologist and artist W.G. Collingwood, who was secretary to John Ruskin during the last twenty years of Ruskin's life. Brantwood, Ruskin's home from 1872 until his death in 1900, is only a mile further along the lake. A frequent visitor to Lane Head between 1903 and1913 was Arthur Ransome, who was a friend of the family.
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