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Windermere Jetty Museum Again

Restoration projects:-

Restoration Projects, Jetty Museum, Windermere

Model of old Windermere ferry, with cargo of horse-drawn carriage:-

There is a large Boathouse at the Jetty Museum containing several boats which once plied the lake’s waters:-

Exhibits in Boathouse, Jetty Museum, Windermere

Exhibits, Jetty Museum, Windermere

Jetty Museum, Windermere, Exhibits

 

The lake from the Museum’s jetty:-

Windermere from Jetty at Jetty Museum

 

Blackwell, The White Room

The entrance corridor at Blackwell is fairly dark. Looking back to shop area:-

Corridor, Blackwell

The corridor was designed to lead from darkness to light – onto a bright white painted room with a view to Lake Windermere:-

White room from corridor, Blackwell, Lake District

View to Windermere:-

Blackwell, White room windows

This room immediately reminded us of the designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Fireplace in white room:-

Blackwell, White room fireplace

This chair especially. We were told it’s not original to the house but was brought in as being in keeping with the original furnishings:-

Blackwell, Chair in White Room

This corner cupboardĀ  is flanked by two stylised trees, natural motifs are all around the house in the decor, particularly rowan berries, and apparently when the house was taken over after a long period of neglect there was a rowan sapling growing inside this cupboard:-

White room  corner cupboard

View from side window:-

Blackwell, View from White Room

This dark piece of furniture is out of keeping with the room but is contemporaneous:-

Blackwell White Room Furniture

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