Eller How

Make yourself at home and enjoy this unique country house. Sleeps 6 with a magnificent drawing room.

Full of period features and romantic architecture, nestled in private grounds, the west wing of Eller How is a beautiful example of a regency villa.

01/06/2023

The Drawing Room

A little before and after our renovation this year. When we moved into the house we had a valley leaking in the middle of this room and used to put mixing bowls out if it was raining which our toddler would try to sit in! 🤦🏻‍♀️ It’s come a long way! Still in need of a rug though!!

18/05/2023

A Buckley Painting

I had a very exciting day yesterday as I met with a wonderful couple at the house. His grandparents owned EH for about 60 years and he would visit them as a child. We spent a fascinating afternoon walking round the house and gardens and talking about how it’s changed and our plans for the future. His mother commissioned this beautiful painting of the house. My guess is it’s taken from a 1920s photograph as the glass roof of the veranda can just be seen which was missing later. It took my breath away when I saw it, it’s amazing to see the house looking so open without the hedges we have now. As a child, he told me he could remember a goblin-like statue who used to sit on the porch. I’ve never heard of this statue before but, when you look carefully, you can just spy him sitting on the porch wall!

17/05/2023

The Snug

I’ve always loved the decoration on this door frame, but I thought the details were lost when they were painted the same colour as the rest of the frame. So I thought I’d try my hand at a little bit of gilding and I’m really pleased with how it’s worked out - it feels really special and draws attention to each individual leaf shape. Turns out children’s paintbrushes are also useful to adults!

14/05/2023

The Main House

Work has continued in small ways in the main house this week. Starting with the bank holiday Monday when we decided to pull the horrible carpet out of our bedroom and throw it out of the window. We had a reshuffle of furniture in there too so I’m thinking that will be the next room we work on. After ripping the bedroom carpet out and finding the glorious (and pretty perfect) wide original boards underneath I was inspired and ripped out the landing carpet too! Not worthy of a grand reveal but it feels like the house is starting to breath and it’s very exciting to be moving on to a new room. I had been planning the kitchen colour scheme but as I’ve got this carpet out and started peeling old wallpaper off the walls it kind of moves this room up the list. I’ve never given much thought to a scheme for this room. It’s very distinctive in its shape with a ceiling in line with the roof and a lovely big window overlooking the front garden. I’m thinking of chinoiserie and I’ve ordered a lot of wallpaper samples!

13/05/2023

The Main House

This weather! This sunshine! I’m loving it for a Friday night and weekend - what a treat! I’m having car troubles so staying at home this weekend so lots of jobs and games to be done. Hope you all have a lovely weekend, whatever your plans!

05/05/2023

The Main House

A little nod to the weekend’s events. Here’s to another long weekend - hope everyone has a good one!

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03/05/2023

The Snug

Speaking of weird stuff we’ve bought second hand…

Another auction delivery for me this week - a Chinese wooden bath. I plan to use it as a coffee table in the snug as I think the darker colours will be lovely. Half the lid lifts off which I’m also looking at as extra children’s toy storage - you can never have too much!!

This must be up there Vicky!

01/05/2023

Then and Now

We are really lucky to have quite a lot of photographs, drawings and paintings of the house over the years. I was very inspired by Kate’s archive adventures on her own home to start going through our local archives for more but I haven’t got round to it yet!

For starters the front of the house was much more open without the magnolia tree or hedge. However I really like these additions and don’t think they impact negatively at all on the general aspect.

You can see there used to be a glass veranda across the front of the house. Sadly it’s missing now but it explains why there’s a door in the holiday let kitchen to outside with the main exterior door only in the next room. It would have been a hive of activity with the comings and goings from the old courtyard into the house.

Something else I like seeing is the HUGE chimney stack in the centre of the house. This used to be a whole other wing of the house at the back which houses the kitchens downstairs and the playrooms and nannies upstairs. The large chimneys would have been connected to the kitchen fires and ovens and would have needed the height for the draw as the house is so close to the rock face and woodland at the back. I’m not sure when this wing was lost but there’s no sign of it now. However when we had the retaining wall fixed last year the builders found the cavity had been filled in with tiles, broken pottery and even bones which would all relate to the kitchen having been situated in the same spot.

I love studying these old pictures as I find I understand so much more about the house so can make better decisions for its future.

28/04/2023

Main House

Here’s to Friday! We have new guests arriving in the holiday let today so hoping they get some sunny weather this weekend. We are planning a quiet, family filled few days. I hope you all have a lovely weekend, whatever your plans.

26/04/2023

The Main House

Anyone who knows me knows I love an auction. When I was little my grandparents used to take me and I accidentally bid on something by waving my bag of Quavers around! I’m probably about as erratic with my bidding now as I was then, but I get much better things! As soon as we bought our first house I started going to auctions and have bought a treasure trove of garden ornaments, furniture, lights and lamps over the years. The sideboard in the front room was something I saw when I went to a viewing and I thought it was beautiful but would definitely be out of my budget. I watched it when it came up and it was going for so little I thought I’d have a punt…. and I won! The auction house warned me on the day of collection, it was heavy! So I gathered up friends and family to come and help. It took 7 of us to carry it into the house, without even the marble on top!! But I think it suits the house and the room and is the prettiest children’s toy storage I’ve ever seen!

Now that I’m getting the house in order and planning out rooms and layouts I suspect there are a couple of impulse purchases that don’t fit. I don’t want to regret letting go of something that I love but I also can’t keep things for the sake of keeping them. So I’m contemplating selling them at auction. I’ve only ever bought so if anyone has any experience of selling I’d be delighted to hear about it!

Browsing the local auction again the other day and I saw some pieces I liked so am going to go to the viewing when I can - it’s a continuous cycle!! Exciting!

25/04/2023

Working in the front room today on a project for a client means I can sit in the light and bright room and glimpse the cosy snug next door. I love the light and dark extreme between these two rooms as they both reflect the times of day we use them perfectly. Have a great Tuesday everyone!

25/04/2023

The Main House

Working in the front room today on a project for a client means I can sit on the light and bright room and glimpse the cosy snug next door. I love the light and dark extreme between these two rooms as they both reflect the times of day we use them perfectly. Have a great Tuesday everyone!

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Eller How House, Lindale
Grange-Over-Sands
LA116NA

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+447733440080

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http://www.ellerhowhouse.co.uk/

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