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the building, which suggests that this and some of the other carved stonework were not designed for the gatehouse but were brought up from Low Furness and used here second hand. The rooms on the ground level no longer contain any special features but are in the positions usually occupied by the guardroom and porter’s lodge. In 1537 the abbey was dissolved and its estates dissipated. The courthouse was given to the National Trust in 1932 by the owner Mr H.S. Cowper, F.S.A. From: “The Lake District and the National Trust” by B.L.Thompson – Titus Wilson & Son 1946
interior of the Courthouse
INTERIOR OF
Beatrix Potter makes it look very romantic here in her watercolour
[Information prepared for Heritage Open Day scheme where a number of the UK’s historic buildings are open to the public free of charge for a few days each Sept; this one is free of charge all year.]