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Blue plaque № 88081

Windermere, United Kingdom

Blue plaque № 88081

The Old Station. The Station, with this elegant porte-cochère, was built in 1847 by Abraham Pattinson who went on to build much of Windermere village. Following engineering and financial difficulties, oppposition from landowners and William Wordsworth, the railway terminated here at Birthwaite inste

ad of at Low Wood nearer to Ambleside. The building was converted to its present use by EH Booth & Co Ltd in 1985

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