Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, near Bowness-on-Windermere
Posted in Architecture, Trips at 12:00 on 21 January 2026
Blackwell is a house built in the Arts & Crafts style near Bowness-on-Wndermere in the Lake District. It was designed by Baillie Scott and erected between 1898 and 1900 as a holiday home for Manchetser brewer Edward Holt.
Being of that era it is not perhaps surprising that the house and some of its contents bear a similarity to the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh who was a contemporary.
House from car park:-
Outhouse (to right above):-
House from terrace, a stitch of two photos:-
Detail of roan pipe:-
Tags: Architecture, Arts & Crafts, Baillie Scott, Blackwell, Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Edward Holt
The Hall, Blackwell Arts & Crafts House – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton
24 January 2026 at 20:04
[…] entrance to Blackwell is now from the side where the shop and ticket office is and leads along a fairly dark corridor […]
Blackwell, The White Room – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton
26 January 2026 at 22:53
[…] entrance corridor at Blackwell is fairly dark. Looking back to shop […]
jackdeighton
27 January 2026 at 15:00
Blackwell‘s dining room is off the hall and has similar dark colours:-
Dining table:-
Sideboard. Typical Arts & Crafts styling:-
Dresser:-
Tapestry. Much faded now:-
Chair:-
Blackwell, The Dining Room – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton
28 January 2026 at 22:19
[…] Blackwell‘s dining room is off the hall and has similar dark colours:- […]
jackdeighton
31 January 2026 at 12:00
Blackwell‘s Arts & Crafts designs extend all over the house.
A bedroom:-
Close-up on bedroom light ftting:-
Another of the beds:-
Bedroom chair:-
Chest of Drawers and bookcase:-
Chest:-
Bedrooms and Fittings, Blackwell – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton
31 January 2026 at 12:00
[…] Blackwell‘s Arts & Crafts designs extend all over the house. […]
jackdeighton
3 February 2026 at 12:00
In adition to in the Hall and White Room, Blackwell Arts & Crafts House has some other fine fireplaces.
Tree House design by Blackwell’s architect Baillie Scott:-
The Jetty Museum, Bowness-on-Windermere – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton
5 February 2026 at 12:01
[…] Jetty Museum, Windermere, like Blackwell, is run by Lakeland Arts. It covers the hostory of boating on the lake over 2oo […]