Broad Leys

Broad Leys is a house located in Ghyll Head, near Bowness-on-Windermere, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England.

[1] It was constructed in 1898 by Charles Voysey for Arthur Currer Briggs of Yorkshire, the first mine owner to employ a profit-sharing plan for his workers and later Mayor of Leeds.

[2] It was later purchased by the owners of Kendal Milne, a department store in Manchester.

In 1951, it was acquired by the Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club and became the home of powerboat racing on Windermere, until the introduction of a 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) speed limit in 2005.

[1] It was used as the location for the conclusion of the film The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) and for the Agatha Christie's Poirot television episode "Dumb Witness" (1996).

Broad Leys house, today headquarters of the Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club
View of the terrace (2013)