Tipsy history of Lake District country estates

‘Tis soon to be the season to be merry, so we thought we’d take a look at the history behind some of the Lake District’s best country estate attractions where music, wine and good food would have flowed. From brewing families to gin merchants, we have found a merry tale or two indeed!

Join us on a boozy trail of the rich Lake District holiday homes of Victorian industrialists and we’ll find some of the top country estate’s to visit in the Lake District.

1. Lingholme Estate, Derwentwater

Many of the Lake District’s most beautiful country estates are linked to Victorian brewing families and this secret hideaway on the western shore of Derwentwater in the North Lake District is one of them. Only 3 miles from the bustle of the market town of Keswick, Lingholme House is set in 40 acres of private gardens and grounds.

This is an attractive, well-proportioned English Heritage grade II listed Victorian house built in 1870s for Colonel J F…