Dickens House

Dickens House, formerly known as the Queen's Head Inn, is a private house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, featuring V-jointed painted quoins and square stone eaves brackets. The building has a hipped roof made of graduated greenslate and includes cement rendered chimney stacks. It stands two storeys high with two bays. The entrance consists of a 6-panel door set in a painted chamfered surround, with a similar doorway to the left. The windows are sash style, with glazing bars on the upper floor, all framed in painted chamfered surrounds. Notably, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins stayed here during their visit to the Lake District in the 1850s.