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Linthwaite was built as a private house in 1900 by the Pattinsons, who were responsible for several large houses on the eastern side of Lake Windermere in England’s scenic Lake District. It originally had five bedrooms and was set in seven acres (2.8 hectares) on a hilltop overlooking the lake. In 1910, the house was extended (where Henrock is now) to create a large lounge/drawing room, called the Billiard Room. GH Pattinson sold the house in 1918. Ownership exchanged hands several times over a period until 1969, when it was bought by Nick and Julia Liddell and the Adamson’s. It was in 1969 that Linthwaite became a guesthouse with only five bedrooms. They owned the property for 20 years, during which time they gradually extended to include a further six rooms and operated it as a two-star hotel. They also bought the adjoining land which includes the tarn (formerly the reservoir for nearby Storrs Hall).

In 1990, Mike and Jean Bevans set up a company called Handmade Hotels Ltd, which bought the hotel the same year and refurbished it, adding the conservatory and a further seven rooms in the process. In June 1999, further investment saw eight new bedrooms and the Mirror Room dining room added too. In April 2003, the company became the Unstuffy Hotel Company Ltd, owned by Mike Bevans and Simon Doddrell.

In the following years the hotel enjoyed great success, gaining four AA Red Stars. In 2008, the new glass-fronted kitchen, five new bedrooms, including the Loft Suite, and a new bar, where the old kitchen had been, were completed.

In April 2016, Linthwaite House, by now a 30-room country retreat set in 14 acres (5.7 hectares), was bought by Analjit Singh, becoming the fourth property in the Leeu Collection hospitality portfolio.