Pearsall House, Ferry Landing, Lake Windermere, LA22 0LP

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£2,500,000

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Hotel

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Key features

  • Unique luxury hotel development opportunity
  • Superb location - Lake District National Park
  • Imposing Lakeside location
  • Direct access to Lake Windermere
  • Full planning permission
  • Initial works started. 18 bedrooms with Lake views. EPC Exempt
  • Christie & Co Ref: 6445224

Description

Description

Built in 1973, Pearsall House was constructed for the Freshwater Biological Association and used as their offices and laboratory before being purchased from the association by the current owner who saw the potential of the property, its waterfront position and location to be developed into a luxury hotel.

The property has a lakeside frontage, grounds and large parking area.

Location

Pearsall House is located at Ferry Landing on the western shores of Lake Windermere, in the heart of the Lake District National Park. an area that receives over 18 million visitors per year. Leisure visitors are drawn to the beautiful scenery, rich heritage and excellent local food and drink offering.

Located just a seven-minute car ferry trip from Bowness on Windermere, for those who choose to use the year-round car ferry, whilst also benefiting from good road links to Windermere, Ambleside, Kendal and the M6. For those travelling by rail, Windermere station is less than three miles away offering connectivity across the UK and to Manchester’s international airport.

Situated on a promontory and commanding beautiful views of Lake Windermere, close to many of the area’s tourist attractions and most popular walking and cycling routes, the location is an ideal base for both national and international visitors wishing to explore the most popular countryside tourist destination in the UK.

The Opportunity

Pearsall House offers a unique opportunity to create the first new hotel on the shores of Lake Windermere for over 100 years.

The current owners have gained planning consent to create a luxury 18-bedroom hotel and initial works have been started, however they are now looking to find a buyer to complete the development and, as such, offer the opportunity as a blank canvas to be developed and interpreted as a buyer sees fit.

Planning Permissions

Planning permission was granted in the autumn of 2025 for a prestigious hotel development. (Lake District National Park Planning Reference 7/2023/5255).

Planning consent includes:
• 18 En suite guest bedrooms with lake views
• Replacement of existing flat roof with pitched Lakeland slate roof
• Increase window sizes to maximise views
• On site parking for up to 28 cars
• Direct lake access
• Private access driveway
• Biomass heating system
• Private borehole
• In character landscaping

The current owner has started first fix works however there is the opportunity for a purchaser to seek to amend the planning consent to meet their own specific requirements.

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Pearsall House, Ferry Landing, Lake Windermere, LA22 0LP

NEAREST STATIONS

National Rail

Windermere Station

2.39 miles

National Rail

Staveley Station

5.09 miles

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