![]() Superior Rooms are even more spacious en-suite guest rooms offering upgraded views of the surrounds. ![]() Extras include bathrobes, slippers, and comfortable mattresses. Amenities include free Wi-Fi, tea and coffee-making facilities, toiletries (hand wash, shampoo, body lotion, shower gel), and a 32-inch TV. Premium Rooms are more spacious en-suite guest rooms. Amenities include free Wi-Fi, tea and coffee-making facilities, toiletries (hand wash, shampoo, and shower gel), and a TV. There’s also books and games to borrow during your stay, an outdoor terrace for summer drinks and snacks, and beautiful formal gardens with a putting green, croquet lawn, and mature trees.ĭesigned with your comfort in mind, Derwent Bank has 40 well-appointed guest rooms available in three categories: Classic, Premium, and Superior.Ĭlassic Rooms are comfortable en-suite guest rooms, ideal for a peaceful night's sleep. Elsewhere, the house has a boot and drying room and a Discovery Point offering a wide range of local area maps, route guides, and easy-to-follow information for self-guided walks. You’ll also find a comfortable lounge, a licensed bar, an attractive orangery, and a dining room for a wide range of dishes made with fresh and seasonal ingredients. Nowadays, you’ll find 40 well-appointed and stylish guest rooms in three categories (Classic, Premium, and Superior), with some either overlooking the lake or facing Cat Bells and Grizedale Pike. It has been part of our HF Holidays line-up since 1937 and much extended over the years. Derwent Bank had several owners prior to 1925 when it was purchased by Mrs Edmunsen who employed contractors to build the stables, the coach house, and two cottages (now accommodation for our team). ![]() Later renamed Derwent Bank, it was sold in 1824 to Lady William Gordon and again in 1847 to physician Dr David Ross Leitch, a close friend of American writer Ellis Yarnall who remarked on how the mountains ‘seemed to put one in the mood for the poetry’. While it is unknown whether he lived here, he was insistent on drawing up his own architectural plans and arranging buildings in rather unsuitable positions (this led his neighbour, the romantic poet Robert Southey, to mock ‘that ugly house opposite’). Originally known as Finkle Street House, the property was built in 1785 for Joseph Pockington Senhouse, the former High Sheriff of Newark. ![]()
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