no.5788

The Tarn In The Grounds Of Gatehouse

1910s

A view from the front of the house over the tarn built in the grounds sometime after the survey for the 1898 ordnance survey map which does not show it. The distant skyline shows Green Crag, Crook Crag and Harter Fell on the ridge separating Eskdale from the Duddon Valley. The house was built in 1896 for the Rea family and became a Grade II listed building in 1967. The house and part of the grounds were sold via auction in 1949 to the Outward Bound Trust, who converted it in 1950 into their Eskdale Centre, the first of their mountain schools.