Lake District Hotels refurb programme to resume

One of the Lake District’s best-known hotel groups is set to restart a refurbishment programme with architecture, design and masterplanning practice Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP).

Work will resume in the spring as the Cumbrian business looks to take further advantage of the growing move towards staycations as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Preston-headquartered FWP has spearheaded the 2020 upgrade of Lake District Hotels’ flagship properties in Cumbria - delivering contemporary bedrooms and public spaces through its interior design expertise.

It completed two major projects at the Skiddaw Hotel and the Inn on the Lake just before lockdown in March, delivering contemporary new looks for the ground floors of both popular venues.

More work to refurbish bedrooms at the family-owned group’s Borrowdale Hotel was put on hold as a result of the pandemic. However, that project is now set to restart in Spring next year.

Lake District Hotels first appointed FWP in 2011 with the remit to provide them with designs for contemporary bedrooms and public spaces in each of its seven hotels. 

Led by senior interior designer Kate Simmons, the FWP team has delivered a series of acclaimed upgrades for the group, which is owned by the Graves family.

In March this year it completed the full ground-floor revamp of the Skiddaw Hotel, Keswick, including its entrance and reception, bar, restaurant, function room and conservatory.

It also finished the refurbishment of the ground floor of the Inn on the Lake at Glenridding, which included its bar, lounges, ceremonial room and wedding prep and meeting rooms as well as the venue’s dining suite and restaurant.