AN historic Lake District tourist attraction and community facility is to get a new look.
Planning permission has been granted for changes to be made at The Ruskin Museum, and Coniston Institute on Yewdale Road.
National park planners have given the go-ahead for a steel archway to be constructed in the alleyway leading from the institute to the museum.
New landscaping is also planned to make the approach more attractive, and the plans involve the re-siting of Coniston's community bread oven.
Two new disabled parking spaces will also be created at the back of the museum.
A report by national park planners said: "The archway would be sited at the entrance to the Coniston Institute and the Ruskin Museum and next to Yewdale Road. It is proposed to attract more visitors to both the museum and the institute. The archway would be constructed of a lightweight steel design which would allow plants to grow on, and would have copperplate writing saying Ruskin Museum Coniston Institute."
The Coniston Institute was founded in 1878.
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