Witherslack · The Winster Valley · Southern Lakeland
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A late-Georgian house at the head of an ancient wooded valley over Morecambe Bay. In the Stanley family since the early 1800s, and yours, whole, by the week or the weekend.
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The estate, in five lines
A house made to be lived in
We know, because we spent our childhoods here
All the furnishings are original and the bathrooms are the genuine article. There are squishy sofas, a library of books, a piano for family songs and a warm hearth with a real fire. Muddy boots and happy dogs are welcome, and the children were born to play outside.
From the orchard, in season
Damsons for jam, and gin
The gardens open to everyone daily from nine to five. Guests who want them to themselves hang the sign from the second drawer down, and everybody understands. In autumn you can help gather the damsons; the family will point you at the jam pan.
The house through the smoke bush · their own photographThe year, plainly
The house lets all year
Peak times book early, and winter brings exceptional weekend and mid-week deals. There is no booking widget here and none at the house: a date is held by a conversation, which is rather the point of the place.
From the visitors’ book