Bridge House in Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom | Museum

The Bridge House is the iconic symbol of Ambleside. Once an apple store, allegedly a family home, now a much photographed building.

A tiny building, possibly an apple store for nearby Ambleside Hall (now demolished), which was built over Stock Beck to escape land tax.   It is said that at some time a family with six children lived here in the two rooms.

In 1926 it was purchased by a group of local people who passed it into the care of the National Trust, which 20 years later, turned it into the first information and recruitment centre.   Bridge House is now a rather cramped shop for the National Trust in Ambleside, in the United Kingdom.

The roof of  Bridge House has wrestler slates interlocking instead of modern fashion for ridge tiles.  Bridge House,also has random diminishing courses of local green slate used in the traditional way to cover the roof.   This was originally held on with oak pegs.

There is free entry to visitors  when open as its a shop and membership recruitment place.   Parking is available in nearby council car park.