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The first object likely to attract attention beyond the village, 

 is St Mary's Church, a pretty edifice, which, with the vicar- 

 age and schools, form a picturesque group. The first gate 

 below the churchyard is the entrance to the Abbey, a resi- 

 dence originally intended by its designer for the head-master 

 of the College, and, perhaps, the most tasteful of the many 

 gothic edfices for which the village is indebted to Mr. Addi- 

 son. Half-a-mile further on, the site of Cook's House, — that 

 noted landmark for pedestrians from Windermere, Bowness, 

 Troutbeck, and Ambleside, — is reached. The road, every- 

 where beautiful, is here especially so, overshadowed by the 

 fine oaks and beeches of the ^algatt]^ property. In des- 

 cending towards the village of Troutbeck Bridge, — notable 

 by the way for its bobbins and bobbin-turners, — there is a 

 glimpse of the lake over the trees, by which the wide expanse 

 of meadow in the foreground is hemmed in. This is Cal- 

 garth meadow, or park, and the low ivy-covered house on 

 the verge, near the lake, is Old Calgarth, the ancient man- 

 sion-house of the property. It was disused as such after the 

 erection of the massive block of building by Bishop Watson, 

 now known, J^ar excellence, as Calgarth Park : the old building 

 contains an upper story, a fine room panelled with oak and 

 quaintly ceiled. The kitchen is still ornamented by the arms 

 of the PhilHpsons, to whom the estate once belonged, carved 

 amid a profusion of intricate arabesque devices, over the 

 ample fire-place. 



After crossing JUtOUtibtecfe, — a pretty stream, distinguished, 

 unfortunately for its name, by the absence of almost every- 

 thing that could tempt the angler to its banks, — the entrances 

 to Ibbotsholme on the right and of Calgarth on the left, are 

 successively passed. Some three and a-half miles from the 

 station, the road widens into the esplanade between Low- 

 wood and the lake. Above this most popular of hotels rises 



