Historic house Mirehouse at Bassenthwaite, Cumbria. Poet Alfred Tennyson wrote poem Morte D'Arthur whilst staying here in 1835

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Mirehouse an historic house and gardens facing Bassenthwaite Lake, with Dodd Wood and Skiddaw at the rear. The gardens contain four wooded adventure playgrounds, varied sheltered gardens to amble around, and lakeside walks through woods and parks. The House has been in the Spedding family for over 300 years, and contains a wide range of literary and artistic connections, including portraits and manuscripts of three poet laureates - Southey, Wordsworth and Tennyson - all friends of the Speddings in the last century. The beautiful little church of St. Bega, is in the Mirehouse grounds. Lord Alfred Tennyson stayed at Mirehouse in 1835 while he was writing his poem 'Morte D'Arthur' and St Bega's Church inspired the opening lines: '..to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark straight of barren land,'.

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Location: Mirehouse, Bassenthwaite, Nr Keswick, Cumbria
Photo credit: © Martyn Annetts / Alamy / Afripics
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