Barrow House (Cumbria)

The Barrow House is a 18th century villa, which is located on the eastern shore of Derwent Water in Borrowdale in the Lake District National Park in the English county of Cumbria. The house is a listed Grade II building and has been used in different ways since the time of its construction. It was originally a private home, later served as a hotel and one of the Youth Hostels Association ( YHA ) hostel operated and is now an independent hostel.

History

Construction began at the Barrow House in 1787, the house was built by Joseph Pocklington ( 1736-1817 ). Pocklingthon was the son of a wealthy banker from Nottinghamshire and was regarded by locals as a wealthy eccentric. He had inherited a large fortune at the age of 26 years, which allowed him to lead a life of luxury. In 1778 he bought Derwent House Derwent Isle Iceland, the northernmost island in Derwent Water. Pocklington had several buildings build on the island, with whom he angered many locals and described by the poet William Wordsworth as "pure childishness ." 1796 sold Pocklington Iceland Derwent House to General William Peachy and moved into the newly completed Barrow House.

The construction costs for Barrow House amounted to £ 1,655. It was originally called Barrow Cascade House because Pocklington did create a 33 foot waterfall behind the house, which was intended to compete with the nearby Lodore Falls. He had to hire additional workers, who diverted a stream for this purpose and channelized. The waterfall was generally supported, although Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who had little to say good things about Pocklington, called him "the ordinary waterfall at King 's Pocky ". Shortly after completion, was built between the back of the house and the waterfall a Folly in the form of a small hermitage. Pocklington hoped that he could thus attract tourists, locals and offered a fee to play the role of a hermit ( Schmuckeremit ). The offer was never accepted, so that the Folly remained uninhabited. At the beginning of the 19th century led to modifications to the home side extensions and to reshape the window.

Pocklington died in 1817, the house remained until conversion into a hotel in the early 1900s in private ownership. In 1931 it evolved into a youth hostel and from 1950 it was used again as a hotel. The Youth Hostels Association acquired the building in 1961. In 2011, it was announced that the previously serving as YHA house should be sold to the financial restructuring of the YHA. The house was offered to the end of 2011 for a price of £ 1.25 million for sale. In November 2011 Barrow House was purchased by a local businessman named John Snyder, who had set up a non-profit organization ( Derwentwater Youth Hostel Ltd. ) To operate the house as an independent hostel. The YHA gave her consent for the retention of the name Derwentwater Youth Hostel.

The hostel today

Since November 2011, the hostel is no longer part of the YHA, but is managed by Kathy Morris and Dave Piercy a non-profit organization. The hostel has 88 beds in 11 rooms and is geared toward families, groups and individuals. It has its own small hydroelectric plant.

Architecture

The house has white painted stucco walls and a graduated green roof with two dormers. Characteristic of the front of the house are three large two-storey bay window.

Comments

54.569986111111 - 3.1329555555556Koordinaten: 54 ° 34 ' 12 " N, 3 ° 7' 59 " W

• Buildings in Cumbria
• Built in the 1790s
• Grade II building in England
• Youth hostel
• Villa in England
• Lake District