'Carlisle - The Lakes Court Hotel'

Court Square, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 1QY. Tel: 01228 531951
Next to the railway station

Location : Carlisle
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 403556

The Lakes Court Hotel (formerly the Cumbrian, County, and Station Hotels) is a stately railway hotel designed in 1852 by Anthony Salvin, a pupil of the eminent town planner John Nash. Having refurbished Windsor Castle, Salvin was considered to be a leading architect of his day. It was extended in 1866 by Cory and Ferguson.

The hotel was built for the arrival of Queen Victoria in Carlisle in 1853 on the way to Balmoral, and it had its own special entrance so her Majesty could walk straight from the railway carriage to the hotel. A special suite was incorporated in the hotel for the Queen. In 1890, William Gladstone addressed the people of Carlisle from an hotel window.

The Ballroom, laid out for a wedding reception

Inside, the main rooms on the ground floor have elaborate ribbed plaster ceilings, and the ballroom which forms part of the 1866 restoration retains much of its original detail.

For more information about the hotel, which is licensed for civil weddings, see www.lakescourthotel.co.uk.