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Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel & Restaurant is situated in the perfect Lake District location. Set in its own private gardens, extending to 6 acres, just a mile south of the village of Bowness on Windermere. Views over the lake and to the fells are spectacular whatever time of the year. One of Lindeth Howe's most famous owners was the popular children's author Beatrix Potter. Why not come and visit us? Lindeth Howe has been enlarged in recent years very much in keeping with the original design and style. A full range of single, double, twin and family rooms, including two spacious, ground floor disabled facilities rooms, are available, all furnished to a high standard. On the ground floor you will find comfortable lounges, log fires, a bar, restaurant, and leisure area featuring a swimming pool, sauna, solarium and fitness room. The hotel has a pleasant sun terrace, gently sloping lawns and a small tranquil woodland area to explore. Views over Lake Windermere and to the fells are spectacular whatever the time of year. History 
Lindeth Howe was built in 1876 as a summer holiday home for a wealthy mill owner in 1897. It was situated in a 28-acre estate commanding fine views over Windermere. He rented the house out to friends for holidays. Amongst those people were the Potter family. Bruce Canon Vernon Wentworth of Wentworth Castle, nr Barnsley, a retired Captain of Her Majesty's Grenadier Guards bought the house around the turn of the century. During the period 1902 to 1913, amid the peace and tranquillity of the area, Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated her wonderful stories, two of which, Timmy Tiptoes and Pigland Bland, were illustrated whilst she was at Lindeth Howe. In 1915, Lindeth Howe was purchased for Mrs Helen Potter for her to live in following the death of Rupert Potter. Beatrix had fallen in love with the property during the times she had stayed there and notified her mother when the sale was announced. At this time Beatrix lived in her property in Sawrey. In 1933 Mr & Mrs Doxford bought the house from Beatrix Potter as their family home. Their two sons grew up in the house and Mr Doxford Junior is still a regular guest at the hotel, staying in the room which was his nursery as a child. He keeps many photographs of the house and shares his memories and childhood stories of the house with the staff and guests. The ground floor windows of the still use a superbly engineered opening system, which his father designed, made and installed. In 1973 a local family called Postlethwaite purchased the house and started a Bed and Breakfast business. During this period various plots of land were sold out of the estate and a few other private houses were built all sharing the same driveway to the main property. In 1978 the Baxter family purchased one half of the of the property which operated as the Bed and Breakfast business and the subsequently purchased the other half, Lindeth Brae in 1983, converting the property back into one complete family home. Lindeth Howe thus became a small country house hotel with 15 bedrooms and a private family accommodation for the owners. In 1988 the Baxter's retired and sold Lindeth Howe with planning permission
to its present owners, Norman Stoller OBE DL, 1999, the hotel was enlarged very much in keeping with the original architecture and now has 36 bedrooms, and an in house pool and leisure area for residents, whilst still retaining a lovely restaurant and spacious lounges. For further information about Lindeth Howe please visit www.lindeth-howe.co.uk or make reservations online HERE
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