Gwendolyn Norris Fuller, Montreal artist and art teacher.Mrs.Fuller is a native of the Eastern Townships.

Ref: National Gallery of Canada, Birth 1896. Record No: 5897 -

Ref: CWAHI, Concordia University, Montréal Data Base.

Bridge House in Ambleside: a 17th-Century Dwelling

The Bridge House in Ambleside (which also happens to be one of the cutest towns in the Lake District) is easily one of the town’s most iconic sites. However, though many tourists and locals snap a photo here, few know of its rich and varied past…

For, throughout the past few centuries, the crooked little house has been used as a counting house for a nearby mill, a tea room, a cobbler’s, a chair maker’s workshop and was even once home to a family of eight! It has become a symbol of Ambleside in its own right, inspiring many a famous writer, artist, and painter.

The Bridge on which the Bridge House sits pre-dates the dwelling by up to 300 years. The house was eventually added and originally intended for use as an apple store during a time when the highly influential Brathwaite family ran many of the operations in the village.