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Latitude: 54.4103 / 54°24'37"N
Longitude: -2.9479 / 2°56'52"W
OS Eastings: 338572
OS Northings: 502064
OS Grid: NY385020
Mapcode National: GBR 7KVF.LS
Mapcode Global: WH82D.PDFV
Plus Code: 9C6VC362+4R
Entry Name: Low Wood Hotel
Listing Date: 15 March 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1272015
English Heritage Legacy ID: 451908
ID on this website: 101272015
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA23
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Lakes
Traditional County: Westmorland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Ambleside
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Hotel
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1291A AMBLESIDE
WINDERMERE ROAD
Low Wood Hotel
NY 30 SE 10/48
II
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C18 coaching inn used by the Lake poets and writers, extended 1859. Exclude
C20 portion to north. Very long range of building along the lake shore,
mainly 3 storeys. Main block in centre has 9 windows on top floor, each
with a projecting gable above, and the one over the entrance is in a higher
tower-like portion with the dated roundel (1859) above the roofline. Ground
and 1st floors have some double or treble sashes, and an iron balcony extends
over the centre 4 bays, on coupled piers. A 3-storeyed wing projects towards
the lake on the south and has a lean-to verandah of clustered columns and
Gothic imposts, over a ground floor of 2 large open pointed arches with
slender colonnettes. Serve Tudor arched windows, Gothic labels, iron balconies,
and an ogee-headed niche.
Listing NGR: NY3857202064
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