Princes Way • Heversham • Cumbria • LA7 7EE

01539 562018

Pub and hotel with 18 en-suite bedrooms

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Chock-full of folksy old world charm, the Blue Bell Hotel provides a warmth of welcome so sadly missing in more contemporary settings. With its antique furnishings, log fires and beamed ceilings the Blue Bell Hotel chimes with character.

Originally built as a vicarage in 1460 when the Archbishop of York instructed the Abbot of St Mary’s in York to provide a house and garden for the new vicar, the walls of the old vicarage, its low ceilings and its thick oak beams can still be seen in the cocktail lounge, kitchens and the upper roofs of the Blue Bell Hotel.

During its life as a vicarage the building and Church survived the Civil War and also the visit to nearby Kendal in 1745 of Bonnie Prince Charlie during his bid for the English Throne. The building remained a vicarage until 1843 when it was bought by the Woods sisters who converted into their home which they named “Elm Tree Lawn”.

Some years later the building was purchased by the grammar school who used it as a dorm for twenty years, after which a Mr Hunter who kept fighting cocks made it his home. When a loop road was built dividing the garden, the house was sold once more to a Mr Dickenson who realised its potential as a hotel. The hotel has held its present name since 1967 when it was transferred from the old hostelry opposite the Church Belfry.

This is the condensed tale of over 500 years of the Blue Bell Hotel. Whether calling in briefly for refreshments or staying for a while, we look forward to extending our welcome to you,