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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21994, 1 July 1933, Page 7

Romantic Belle Island, situated in the middle of Lake Windermere, withstood a siege by-Cromwell’s men during the Civil Wars. Now it is to let, complete with a furnished house, at 25 a week. The house, locally referred to as the “ Coffee Pot,” because of its unusual shape, contains a Romney portrait of “ Isabella Curwcn,” after whom the island was named. To-day the island belongs to Mrs Chance, of Workington Hall, daughter of the late occupier. “ The land •is entailed, so the island cannot be sold,” an inquirer was informed at the auctioneer’s office. “It would make a fine summer playground.”