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Wordsworth GrasmerevsBlackwell - The Arts & Crafts house
Both are endorsed by experts. On balance, Dove Cottage ranks significantly higher than Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House. Dove Cottage scores 90 with positive reviews from 4 reviews like Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure and Michelin Guide.
Wordsworth Grasmere
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
The Telegraph
A591, 1 mi south of Grasmere, Grasmere LA22 9SH
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Fodor's "William Wordsworth lived in Dove Cottage from 1799 to 1808, a prolific and happy time for the poet." Full review
Lonely Planet "Next door to Dove Cottage, the new Wordsworth Museum houses a fascinating collection of letters, portraits and manuscripts relating to the Romantic movement."
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Dove Cottage was a magnet for the Romantic writers Coleridge, Southey and De Quincey. The upper floor includes a "newspaper room" where newspapers were used to keep out the cold. " Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"On the edge of Grasmere, this tiny, creeper-clad cottage (formerly a pub called the Dove & Olive Bough) was famously inhabited by William Wordsworth between 1799 and 1808." Full review
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Entry is by timed ticket to avoid overcrowding and includes an informative guided tour.
Travel + Leisure "Wordsworth’s home is now a museum with original manu-scripts by the poet as well as a vast collection of watercolor paintings from the 19th-century Romantic movement." Full review
The Telegraph "Now owned by the Wordsworth Trust, the cottage is full of memorabilia, including the poet’s ice-skates, his passport, a pair of his reading glasses and a portrait of one of his favourite dog." Full review
Blackwell - The Arts & Crafts house Fodor's The Telegraph
The Guardian
Bowness-on-Windermere LA23 3JT
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Fodor's "A quintessential Arts and Crafts house with carved paneling, delicate plasterwork, and a startling sense of light and space. " Full review
The Telegraph "Designed at the turn of the last century by the architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, this elegant house is one of England’s finest surviving examples of Arts and Crafts architecture." Full review
The Guardian "Blackwell, one of the UK’s Arts and Crafts masterpieces and designed by Baillie Scott, is a 20-minute walk away, but there’s plenty to enjoy here"
