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==Watendlath==
The hamlet of Watendlath is made famous by the fictional heroine [https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks04/0400211h.html Judith Paris], Hugh Walpole's Judithsecond Parisnovel seriesof the Herries Chronicles, published in the 1930s1931. Situated here is Fold Head Farm. It is one of many farms across Lakeland owned by the National Trust with tenant farmers. It was here that Walpole used the 16th century, Grade II World Heritage Site as the fictional home of Paris. The cottage buildings have rustic charm and character,. It's not too difficult to understand why Walpole chose this place to play a partvital role in his epic saga, in a part of the country he loved so dearly. The original core of one of the farm buildings consisted of hall and bower, along with spiral stairs and a fireplace hood constructed of timber; with modernisation and extension in early and mid 19th century.<ref>[https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA116735 Farmhouse, Fold Head Farm, Watendlath] National Trust Heritage Records Online. Accessed 14 February 2024.</ref> Across the site there is an assortment of original farm buildings, including barns, stables, sheds, caffle houses, and cow byres, all ranging from the 17th to 19th centuries, and included under the same World Heritage Site protected status.
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