Bassenthwaite, Cumbria Armathwaite Hall Hotel

Few hotels are so beautifully situated as Armathwaite Hall - one of the original stately homes of England. Set in the secluded splendour of 400 acres of deer park and woodland, bordered by the beauty of Bassenthwaite Lake. This 4 star Country House Hotel, privately owned by the resident Graves family, reflects a quality of life and old world hospitality of which the famous novelist Sir Hugh Walpole wrote 'a house of perfect and irresistible charm'. Most of the 43 bedrooms, from the garden wing to the unique Hartley Tower Suite with its private roof terrace, look onto parkland, lake or gardens have private bathroom.