Belle Isle (Windermere)

Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District,[1] and the only one ever to have been inhabited.

It is unusual in that it is circular in plan, built of brick, three floors high with a four column portico; it draws closely on the Pantheon, Rome.

[4] The descendants of Isabella and her husband John Christian Curwen lived on the island until 1993.

It was known locally as the Great Island or Long Holme[1][4] and formerly known as Longholm, before its renaming in 1774.

[1] In 1996 (some records suggest 23 December 1994), Belle Isle House suffered serious damage following a large fire.