Quaint Little House Over A Bridge

This little house was built in 17th century over a bridge on the rivulet Stock Beck at Ambleside in the English Lake District. Originally a bridge was constructed by the wealthy Braithwaite family to access their orchards on the other side of the Stock Beck. Later on they added two rooms one above another to store apples from their orchards. The upper room can only accessed by an exterior curved staircase. Initially there were two doors in the lower room so that one can go from one bank of the rivulet to the other bank. Later the door away from the road was closed.

Locals say that the house was built over the bridge to avoid paying land tax as technically it is located over water and not on land.

With passage of time and neglect the house started decaying and at one time the council was thinking of demolishing it. However many persons who had admired this quaint little house raised enough funds to buy it and then donated it to the National Trust. It now houses National Trust information office and shop.

Several story writers and painters were inspired by this house and it is now a big tourist attraction and one of the most photographed buildings in the region.

Image from Flickr is by Chris Ibbotson

Image Source: Google Street View (2009 imagery)

Image from Flickr is by Billy Wilson

Image from Google Maps is by Claudia Cheung

Image from Google Maps is by Monday Squid

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Source of Information and more information: thirdeyetraveller.com / nationaltrust.org.uk