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.
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Every stately home on this list - 8 in total
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.