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“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)