A centuries-old rare dilapidated fish house has been restored. The stone building is the only surviving structure of its type in Cumbria, UK. The farming officer for Lake District National Park, said restoring the fish house “ensures an iconic piece of the landscape remains for years to come”. It was rebuilt with the help of a government grant.
The stone structure is owned by Edward and Pam Mills, who found references to it in a map of 1851. It sits on the edge of an ancient woodland, next to Fish House Bridge, which crosses the Rusland Pool, a tidal river. Pam says there would have been a “plentiful supply of fish” in the past including eels, salmon and trout. “They may have used the building to smoke the fish, or as a base to sell fish to locals and passing merchants using either the tidal river or the route across the bridge,” she said.
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