Panoram­ic lake views, high end inte­ri­ors, Spa & Well­ness facil­i­ties, pri­vate cinema

Water­nook’s dra­mat­ic set­ting is com­pli­ment­ed by half a mile of lake Ull­swa­ter shore­line, and a boathouse with pri­vate jetty.

The Water­nook expe­ri­ence is fur­ther enhanced by a pri­vate cin­e­ma room with state of the art tech­nol­o­gy, lounge and read­ing rooms; state of the art kitchen and din­ing ter­race with awe-inspir­ing views; Spa and Well­ness Sanc­tu­ary fea­tur­ing Laco­ni­um and bar area lead­ing onto the Yoga ter­race where there is a lake view hot tub. For the music lover Water­nook is pow­ered by a state-of-the-art 9 zone SONOS invis­i­ble mul­ti-room sys­tem com­ple­ment­ed by KEF in ceil­ing speakers.

Pro­mo video: https://​vimeo​.com/​w​a​t​e​rnook Vir­tu­al Tour: https://​my​.mat​ter​port​.com/​s​h​o​w​/​?​m​=​K​u​G​m​t​d​wNRux

5 Star opu­lence on lake Ull­swa­ter, Water­nook is a 17^th Cen­tu­ry prop­er­ty offer­ing exclu­sive pres­i­den­tial super-lux­u­ry self cater­ing accom­mo­da­tion with an array of lux­u­ry concierge ser­vices. Sit­u­at­ed in heart of The Lake Dis­trict Nation­al Park Water­nook is quite sim­ply out­stand­ing and lux­u­ri­ous in every way; a tru­ly restora­tive rur­al retreat that sits har­mo­nious­ly with­in the nat­ur­al land­scape. The Lake Dis­trict was named a UNESCO World Her­itage Site on Sun­day 9 July 2017. It now joins oth­er won­ders of the world like the Taj Mahal, The Great Wall of Chi­na and Machu Pic­chu with the status.

Water­nook, sleep­ing 12 over 6 lux­u­ry suites, occu­pies a sub­lime, seclud­ed set­ting with­in 26 acres of pri­vate grounds and ter­raced gar­dens com­mand­ing sim­ply breath-tak­ing views of lake and moun­tain. Water­nook’s dra­mat­ic set­ting is com­pli­ment­ed by half a mile of lake Ull­swa­ter shore­line, and a boathouse with pri­vate jetty.

Your Water­nook expe­ri­ence is fur­ther enhanced by a pri­vate cin­e­ma room with state of the art tech­nol­o­gy, lounge and read­ing rooms; state of the art kitchen and din­ing ter­race with awe-inspir­ing views; Spa and Well­ness Sanc­tu­ary fea­tur­ing Laco­ni­um and bar area lead­ing onto the Yoga ter­race where there is a lake view hot tub. For the music lovers amongst you Water­nook is pow­ered by a state-of-the-art 9 zone SONOS invis­i­ble mul­ti-room sys­tem com­ple­ment­ed by KEF in ceil­ing speakers. 

Gaz­ing out through the array of glass, or indeed in the fresh-air gar­dens with ter­races, it would be easy to imag­ine, this pletho­ra of moun­tains on dis­play have been care­ful­ly arranged to pro­vide Water­nook with the most breath-tak­ing views ever. Expe­ri­ence a taste of Ull­swa­ter and Cum­bria right now by watch­ing this short video [also fea­tur­ing Waternook].

Leave aside the ​‘mil­lion dol­lar views and set­ting’ for a moment and stroll through­out Water­nook; sleek sophis­ti­cat­ed inte­ri­or styling and per­fec­tion­ist atten­tion to detail ensures that this lux­u­ry self-cater­ing home stay will inspire even the most dis­cern­ing guest. Whether you are cel­e­brat­ing a hap­py event, search­ing for the per­fect set­ting for an inti­mate wed­ding recep­tion or just spend­ing time with your favourite peo­ple, here is a mag­i­cal treat deliv­er­ing sheer lux­u­ry and match­ing your high expectations.

Both our prop­er­ties are fur­nished to the very high­est of stan­dards and sure to please even the most dis­cern­ing of guests. Under­foot you will be walk­ing on the finest Brin­tons car­pets. Brin­tons have been at the fore­front of the glob­al woven car­pet indus­try for more than 230 years and was one of the first com­pa­nies in Queen Eliz­a­beth II’s reign to be award­ed the Roy­al War­rant. Read their blog on us here. All our beds are hand made by And So To Bed, a spe­cial­ist in fine antique-style beds, and our mat­tress­es are Vi-Spring Elite. Hav­ing pio­neered the use of pock­et­ed springs in 1909, Vi-Spring believe that no mat­tress should com­pro­mise when it comes to com­fort. That is why every Elite is indi­vid­u­al­ly made to order, using the finest qual­i­ty British mate­ri­als and tra­di­tion­al crafts­man­ship to cre­ate a soft and sup­port­ive mat­tress. Each mat­tress boasts over 1200 hand nest­ed cal­i­co pock­et springs which adjust and respond to the move­ment of the sleep­er, pro­vid­ing inde­pen­dent sup­port and min­imis­ing roll-togeth­er. Exclu­sive nat­ur­al fill­ings, includ­ing Plat­inum Cer­ti­fied British fleece wool and cot­ton, pro­vide sump­tu­ous com­fort and tem­per­a­ture regulation.

Both Water­nook and The Great Barn [sleep­ing 8] have won numer­ous pres­ti­gious awards includ­ing a Vis­it Eng­land 5 Star Gold Award, Win­ner of the Condé Nast Johansens Award for Excel­lence, a Vis­it Eng­land ROSE Award for Ser­vice Excel­lence [an award that can only be won once] and won the 2016 Cum­bria Tourism Awards. See our full list of awards.