Most luxurious was SL Branksome (1896), with its original velvet seats and marble wash hand basin; SL Raven (1871) was the cargo ship that took coal and other commodities to the settlements around the lake; and TSSY Esperance (1869) was the boat that Henry Schneider used to go to work in Barrow via Lakeside.

Eleven of the Pattinson collection of boats were transferred to the Lakeland Arts Trust in 2007 under Acceptance in lieu arrangements, and the Windermere Nautical Trust, which had built up further collections, merged with Lakeland Arts in 2009.

[5][6] In December 2011, the Lakeland Arts Trust announced that would redevelop the site and create a series of new buildings to house the boats and a conservation workshop where they would be restored and maintained.

The museum, designed by Carmody Groarke, reopened under the new name "Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories" in March 2019 with an official opening ceremony held on 8 April 2019 attended by HRH Prince Charles.

They are: The new buildings were designed by architects Carmody Groarke,[15] working with engineers Arup.