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Pigeon House re-development

Being one of only two listed pigeon houses in the Lake District National Park, work has begun to stabilise and refurbish this unique Pigeon House at Mirehouse.  It is belived to be an eighteenth century buildign built pursuant to the special right of the Lord of the Manor to keep pigeons.  Siginificant help provided by The Country Houses Foundation has enabled this project to be undertaken.

New Publication for Mirehouse

"An Uncommonplace Book" The Wit of Nineteenth Century Mirehouse has just been published. This collection of riddles, poems, sketches and anecdotes give the visitor a flavour of how our nineteenth century ancestors amused themselves at home of an evening. Available to purchase at the Old Sawmill Tearoom or at the house for £4. Please email if you would like one posted to you for £4.50.

Recently extended Poetry Walk

A permanent collection of poems associated with Mirehouse have recently been added to the Poetry Walk. They include poems by Tennyson, Wordsworth and Hartley Coleridge.

At the centre of the extended Poetry Walk is a new rose garden commemorating the bicentenary of the births in 1909 of Alfred Tennyson and Edward FitzGerald. They met in 1835 at Mirehouse and became lifelong friends. The extended Poetry Walk was formally opened by David, the present Lord Tennyson, during a recent visit of the Tennyson Society to Mirehouse.

Family Nature Trail