A Regency house overlooking Ullswater, the Macdonald Leeming House has luxurious rooms, an award-winning restaurant and gorgeous views of the Cumbrian Fells It is 15 minutes from the M6 motorway The en suite bedrooms are decorated in a traditional style and all have flat-screen TVs and seating areas Some rooms have balconies with lake views The Regency Restaurant has an AA Rosette Award and serves modern British cuisine The conservatory and terrace offer a more relaxed setting for informal lunches and dinners The hotel has 22 acres of grounds and offers croquet on the lawn and private fishing on the river Indoors, there is a drawing room, library and sitting room with log fires in the winter Leeming House is only a 15-minute drive from the M6 motorway and features a private helipad Penrith is 75 miles away and Aira Force, the waterfall Wordsworth wrote about, is 3 miles away