🏨 The Samling Hotel

The Samling Hotel is a historic building near Ambleside in the Lake District of England. It is a Grade II listed building. It was built as a villa in about 1780 by John Benson who was the landlord of William Wordsworth. It was the home of several famous tenants over the next century and became a tourist attraction, being described in the Guide Books of the Lake District. The ownership of the house remained with the Benson family until about 1960. Today it is a hotel which has accommodation and dining facilities.