New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel Great Langdale, Ambleside, LA22 9JX

The New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel is a detached 3-star hotel property. The property is traditionally constructed of Lakeland stone beneath pitched slate roof coverings with dormer windows at second floor level. The property has 2 entrances, one leading to the hotel reception and letting bedrooms without the need to walk through the public bar and restaurant and a second giving direct access into the public bar which is ideal to benefit from passing trade. The main hotel entrance leads into an entrance lobby and from here into the well-appointed Reception. There is a small office to the rear of reception. The Residents’ Lounge accommodates approximately 20 persons and is to the right-hand side of the reception as you enter the building. It is furnished with loose furniture and has the benefit of a feature fireplace, providing stunning views over the valley. On the left hand side is the Residents’ Bar/Snug to accommodate circa 16 persons with wooden corner bar and log burner. Beyond the residents’ bar is a cosy Restaurant area for approximately 50 covers. The public bar, also known as the Walkers’ Bar having solid wooden floor and chunky wooden furniture with wooden bar and its own W/C facilities is extremely popular with both residents and non-residents alike. Ladies and Gentlemen’s toilets. Good size commercial catering kitchen with additional stores.

The hotel has 23 individually styled high quality letting bedrooms; all are en suite and consists of 21 x Twin/Double, 1 x Four Poster and 1 x Family room.  2 of the ground floor bedrooms are disabled access rooms. All rooms are equipped with direct dial telephones, flat screen television with Freeview, tea and coffee making facilities, free Wi-Fi and hairdryer. All bedrooms are also centrally heated and have excellent views over the surrounding scenery.

The hotel benefits from a 2-bedroom manager’s flat to the side of the hotel. This first floor flat has its own separate external access and has accommodation comprising a large lounge, a shower room and two good sized bedrooms. There is also a detached timber staff chalet to the rear of the site with 1 single bedroom, 4 double bedrooms and a 2-communal bathroom.

Externally the hotel occupies a substantial site that we are informed extends to approximately 8 acres. To the rear of the hotel there is parking for at least 20 vehicles, with further sizeable areas mainly laid to lawn and sheltered by stands of mature and semi-mature woodland. There is also seating to the front of the hotel for at least 100 persons on timber picnic style benches as well as a resident’s patio area (24). Besides the main site, the north-westerly section mainly comprises hill grazing land as well as the attractive Dungeon Ghyll Waterfall. The south-easterly section, which is on the opposite side of the A5343, is currently occupied by a farmer for sheep grazing. An additional plot of land between the hotel and the main road is partly set aside as an orchard, with another area used to house the private sewerage plant. There is also a timber workshop, a detached stone built store and a stone built former generator house which is adjacent to the waterfall comprising a workshop and the hotel’s water treatment system.