County guide · The Stately Homes
Best stately homes in Cumbria
Cumbria's houses are literary and domestic rather than grand - Beatrix Potter's Hill Top, Wordsworth House in Cockermouth where the poet was born, and the yeoman farmhouse of Townend.
There are 8 stately homes in Cumbria on this list. Townend is the best-rated, at 4.7 from 549 Google reviews. Hill Top draws the most reviews of any house here, 2,728 of them.
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Every stately home on this list - 8 in total, 1 you can stay overnight in
Hill Top
Cumbria
17th-century farmhouse bought by Beatrix Potter in 1905, setting for several of her tales
Levens Hall
Cumbria
Elizabethan house famous for its topiary garden, home of the Bagot family.
Holker Hall
Cumbria
Home of the Cavendish family, part of the Holker estate in the Lake District.
Wordsworth House
Cumbria
Georgian townhouse in Cockermouth where poet William Wordsworth was born
Allan Bank
Cumbria
Georgian house above Grasmere once rented by William Wordsworth, presented informally with no roped-off rooms
Dalemain Mansion
Cumbria
Historic house occupied by the same family for over 300 years.
Townend
Cumbria
17th-century Lake District farmhouse, home of the Browne yeoman family for over 400 years
Hutton-in-the-Forest
Cumbria
House with parts dating from the 14th century, home of the Inglewood family.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit in Cumbria?
8 stately homes in Cumbria are on this list. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home in Cumbria?
Townend, rated 4.7 from 549 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home in Cumbria is the most reviewed?
Hill Top, with 2,728 Google reviews at 4.5. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes in Cumbria free to enter?
None of the 8 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes in Cumbria?
Of the 8 on this list, 4 are run by the National Trust and the remaining 4 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.