“Elegant 4-star hotel set in an 18th century Georgian mansion, offering rooms, suites, lodges and a luxury boathouse with panoramic views of the lake. Decor is stylish and classic. Featuring a restaurant, tower bar, regular afternoon tea and, naturally, boat cruises across the lake.”
“Elegant 4-star hotel set in an 18th century Georgian mansion, offering rooms, suites, lodges and a luxury boathouse with panoramic views of the lake. Decor is stylish and classic. Featuring a restaurant, tower bar, regular afternoon tea and, naturally, boat cruises across the lake.”
Hotel Review
The location of this small country house hotel is nigh-on perfect. In its own grounds on the shores of Windermere, Storrs Hall is outside, though close to, the tourist bustle of the central Lakes. A handsome cream-washed building – Georgian with a Victorian extension – it has a stately style yet wears its history lightly. Huge sash windows, decorative cornicing and lofty ceilings mix with bright patterned velvet armchairs, big log fires and sleek modern lighting. A sprinkling of classy antiques adds to the quiet elegance. The ornately carved wood and stained-glass Victorian bar is both wonderful and wonderfully unexpected; it came from Blackpool Tower and, together with an open fire, creates a warm and family-friendly atmosphere.
Bedrooms are generous to a fault. Most have a light-touch country-house style. If you can’t get a lake view opt for a second-floor room to give the best woodland vistas. By contrast, the six Lakeside suites – in a separate chalet-style building – are sleek and contemporary with floor-to-ceiling windows and hot-tubs on private terraces. For ultimate privacy, choose the romantically designed Boathouse.
Food is either Modern British fine dining in the restaurant – perhaps parsley-crusted halibut with Morecambe Bay brown shrimps - or homely meals, such as beer-battered fish and chips, and macaroni cheese, in the bar. There’s a wonderful lake-view terrace that cries out for afternoon tea or treat yourself to a trip in the hotel’s vintage launch with a Champagne picnic.
Written by Helen Pickles
Recommended For
- Romantic Break
- The Boathouse is ideal for couples on a romantic getaway, isolated from the house, with panoramic views of the lake.
- Sights nearby
- Hawkshead – take the car ferry across Windermere to this pretty Lakeland village with pubs, delis and Beatrix Potter Gallery
- Great walks
- The Lake District is a place pulsating in the poetry of Wordworth and Coleridge, with great mountains and placid lakes.
- Sailing
- Take a scenic cruises across the lake.
- Golf
- There's a golf course 3km away.
- Country Escape
- Romantic
- Conference facilities
- Gourmet
- Family Suites
- Wedding license
- Rooms with balcony/terrace
- Country House
- Sit-out Terrace
- Good wine list
- Child friendly
- Hills & mountains
- Lakeside
- Restaurant
- Artworks
- Historic
- In/by a Nature Reserve
- Antiques
- Views
- Traditional
- Contemporary
Facilities
- Internet
- Conference facilities
- Safe
- Parking
- Family Suites
- Bar
- Wedding license
- Communal Dining
- Fireplace
- Rooms with balcony/terrace
- Cots available
- No pets
- Library
- Sit-out Terrace
- Good wine list
- Sitting Room
- Restaurant
- Garden
- Child friendly
- Games room
- 24 Hour room service
- Suites
- Concierge
- Satellite / Cable TV
- Wifi
- Views
Activities
- Sights nearby
- Hawkshead – take the car ferry across Windermere to this pretty Lakeland village with pubs, delis and Beatrix Potter Gallery
- Great walks
- The Lake District is a place pulsating in the poetry of Wordworth and Coleridge, with great mountains and placid lakes.
- Sailing
- Take a scenic cruises across the lake.
- Golf
- There's a golf course 3km away.
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Storrs Hall
This 18th-century hall on Lake Windermere has beautiful grounds and an exciting range of accommodation, including boldly decorated rooms, self-catered lodges and a luxurious converted boathouse right on the water.
Originally published by The Telegraph (view article)
