Smith and Friends - Self Catering

Book this hotel

To check availability
and book this hotel,
ring the Smith Travel Team:

1 866 610 3867

Travelling with children?

Check availability

Why book with Smith?

  • Best rates guaranteed, member or not.
  • No booking fees
  • All hotels reviewed anonymously
  • Members get more
Print property details Become a member
Mr and Mrs Smith alternative flash header
« back to search
 

Highlights

Luxury Lake District stately home; sleeps up to 15
Eight acres of leafy flower-filled grounds on Lake Windermere
Reception rooms include a home cinema and music room with piano
Study with fax, printer and WiFi
Huge kitchen with range cooker, two dishwashers and well-stocked pantry
Super-stylish bathrooms stocked with L'Occitane products
Hypnos mattresses, 400-threadcount bed linen
Bose hi-fi system with hard-disc memory for 200 songs
Original fireplaces in every room

Smith tip

Take a boxset of that TV series you always wanted to watch, or a handful of see-before-you-die classic movies – this is as close to having your own private cinema as you get.

More photos

Gossel Ridding

Lake District, United Kingdom[view map]

Style
Edwardian elegance, modern chic
Setting
Lake Windermere and the Langdales in panorama

Nothing prepares you for how special this self-catering Arts and Crafts house on Lake Windermere is. Enter a huge oak-panelled hall perfumed by scented candles, and three reception rooms tug you in a new direction – there's a banqueting hall, piano-boasting music room and a sprawling sitting room with nightclub-fit soundsystem – all with ready-to-light fires. Venture further and find the home cinema. As for the bedrooms, each has a view of the lake, the fells or woodland, and is kitted out for kings, with super-stylish bathrooms.

Need to know

Rates
£7,950 a week, peak season (half-term, bank holiday, school holidays). £5,950 out of those times. £4,250 for three days midweek or a long weekend peak season; £3,000 off-season. 10 per cent discount to Goldsmith members off-season.
Sleeps
12 plus a single room and the option for two fold-out single cot beds.
Ideal for
Special-occasion celebrations; working holidays for film-industry folk; once-in-a-lifetime Lake District holidays.
Minimum hire
Three nights.
Booking process
Full payment ten weeks in advance. 20 per cent payment on confirmation. £1,000 returnable deposit with full payment 10 weeks in advance. Smith deposit taken when you book.
Property style
Arts and Crafts mansion
Grounds
Gossel Ridding sits atop eight acres of sloped gardens and woodland overlooking Windermere. As well as grassy banks to amble, there's a big outdoor table and chairs. Little feet should be careful on the stones. The daffodils in spring are legendary.
Also
There is a concierge service: see 'Activities' section of 'Worth Getting Out of Bed For'. Non-smoking throughout, although there is plenty of covered veranda space for smokers; no pets allowed.

In the know

Eating and drinking
This is self-catering at its best. A chilled larder boasts most baking essentials; the giant kitchen has a huge range cooker with hobs and ovens galore. There are two tables in the kitchen as well as an enormous dining room to entertain at of and double the dishwasher and washer/dryer power to help you cope with the aftermath. They can arrange a chef for dinner parties or for the whole of your trip and they’ll also provide a pre-stocked freezer (pick from a wide menu of home-made comfort food such as pies for £35 per head). And you can request Michelin-starred fine dining, together with staff that come in to light fires and candles, for around £100 per head. Champagne waiters are also available.
Housekeeping
The housekeepers live in the lodge at the bottom of the drive and are at your disposal for two hours everyday to light fires and tidy up the kitchen, etc.
Entertainment
In the Billiard Room, a Bose hi-fi system with hard-disc memory system can store up to 200 songs; there's a digital radio and a Klipsch iPod dock in the kitchen. A pianist can be arranged.
Provided
There's the gift of a few breakfast items, but 400-threadcount bed linen is among the luxuries included along with L'Occitane toiletries and thick White Company dressing gowns to help ensure you fulfill your quota of lounging.
Packing tips
Slippers are always smart in somewhere that demands you do a lot of lazing, although wooden floorboards and underfloor-heated stone in the kitchen and bathrooms mean your tootsies will be perfectly happy if you forget them.
Eco policy
Strings to their green bow would be the double-glazing, recycling and underfloor heating.

For a detailed description of all the rooms and grounds, click here

Also worth knowing

Children
Well-behaved children welcome: there’s a cot and two fold-out beds; two highchairs can be made into tables for toddlers. Babysitting possible. Supervise small folk on the stone terrace outside; little feet could stumble or get caught in the gaps.
Weddings
This property is suitable for weddings. More…

Smith card offer

Smithcard

A free sitting for a family portrait by acclaimed Lake District photographer, Russell Colman, either on location or at his lakeside studio.

If you're a member of Mr & Mrs Smith, you can get special privileges at every Smith hotel you book through us. Just show your Smith card at check-in to claim the offer featured on every hotel page (like the one above).

Click here to become a Mr & Mrs Smith member

Gossel Ridding

Gossel Ridding
Craig Walk
Windermere
Cumbria (the Lake District)
LA23 2HT

Check availabilityPrint property details