Visit to Blackwell Arts and Crafts House and Windermere Jetty Museum
£32.00 per person
Leaving our hotels around 09.45, we will travel by road coach to Blackwell House, arriving at approximately 10.45. Blackwell House was designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Baillie Scott, is Grade 1 listed, and is an outstanding example of British domestic architecture. It has survived with almost all its original furniture and objects in tact, and contains some stunning pieces by many of the leading Arts and Crafts designers and studios. The gardens, rich with fragrant flower borders, have been laid out in a series of terraces to achieve the best views from the house over Lake Windermere towards the Coniston fells. You will enjoy an introductory talk about Blackwell and then have around 1½ hours to explore the house and gardens at leisure.
We will then travel by road coach (about 10 minutes) to the nearby Windermere Jetty Museum where you can have lunch in their café and explore the Museum. Their lakeshore café and outdoor terrace is the place to stop for a bite to eat when you are in the Lake District. With extraordinary views across the water and towards the Coniston fells, the café serves delicious seasonal dishes using the best local ingredients.
Around the Museum you can get up close to motorboats, steam launches, sailing yachts and record-breaking speed boats and hear their stories in their amazing interactive galleries, built right over the water. Their collection includes boats such as Beatrix Potter’s rowing boat, and Swallow and Amazon.
Your ticket entitles you to entry to both venues.
We will return to our hotels by road coach at about 15.30.