Please be advised that the gardens and Terrace Cafe are open to visit every day between 10.30am - 5.00pm without pre-booking. The house is open on a timed ticket basis with limited numbers allowed under current restrictions. We strongly advise pre-booking on line as we cannot guarantee there will be slots available on the day.
Brantwood is beautiful at any time of year and autumn in the. RT @CLivingHeritage: Entering the Blue Gallery at Brantwood you are immersed into a landscape of the mind. THE MIND HAS MOUNTAINS by. RT @BSgroggins: It may not look much, but this is the caterpillar of a Netted Carpet Moth, one of our rarest species.
Brantwood is beautiful at any time of year and autumn in the. RT @CLivingHeritage: Entering the Blue Gallery at Brantwood you are immersed into a landscape of the mind. THE MIND HAS MOUNTAINS by. RT @BSgroggins: It may not look much, but this is the caterpillar of a Netted Carpet Moth, one of our rarest species.
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Brantwood offers a fascinating insight into the world of John Ruskin and the last 28 years of his life spent at Coniston. Filled with many fine paintings, beautiful furniture and Ruskin's personal treasures, the house retains the character of its famous resident. Famous as a writer, artist and social reformer, many great thinkers have been influenced by Ruskin's ideas.
The lower garden's perform an important task at Brantwood and always have as they connect the house to the lake. The lake was both an important utility and amenity in Ruskin's time. It was Ruskin's cousin Joan Severn who created the harbour walk which is a pleasant and gentle way down to the lake. The most important garden Ruskin created at Brantwood, designed as an entrance to the whole estate.
We are delighted that we have been able to acquire John Ruskin's complete core geological collection. After an absence of nearly a century, his personal collection of over 2,000 museum-quality mineral specimens has returned to Brantwood. Ruskin was one of the last great polymaths for whom art and science were inseparable, and one of the Victorian era's most active private collectors.
Please include your name, contact information, booking size (maximum six to a table), date and preferred time and we will get back to you as soon as we can. PLEASE NOTE we can't guarantee a table if you book on the same day of your visit and any special requests will be subject to availability. Soon after John Ruskin arrived at Brantwood in 1872 he began work on a new coach house and stable with builder George Usher of Coniston.
The ground floor rooms, which comprise drawing room, annex, dining room, study, Blue Gallery, hallway, video and Brantwood's bookshop are accessible to visitors in wheelchairs. A ramp is available to the main entrance and a permanent ramp has been installed to Ruskin's dining room. For those in a large, motorised wheelchair the original front door can be used to access the house.
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Qype User Bianma
Aug 26, 2012
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Qype User WhyBel
Nov 19, 2008
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A really nice house to look around with good information available about Ruskin. Looking over Coniston Water - our favourite room is the one with the addition turret part with fantastic views over the lake. Interesting info all about John Ruskin and what a clever man he was in so many different ways. He was also a great artist and some of his pictures can be seen here - you can also see why he was inspired by the beauty all around him. The Steep gardens are quite interesting for a wander. There is a lovely top rate cafe alongside the house and local people sometimes go just to eat here - an experience
