This stunning 4-star luxury hotel has a magnificent setting in the secluded splendour of 400 acres of deer park and woodland, bordered by the natural beauty of Bassenthwaite Lake. Framed by the dramatic scenery of Skiddaw mountain and the spectacular backdrop of the Lake District’s fells, the hotel is as romantic as the surrounding countryside. Privately owned by the resident Graves family, this 4-star country house hotel was one of England’s original stately homes and was described by the famous novelist Sir Hugh Walpole as “a house of perfect and irresistible charm.