Eight years of planning and restoration came to fruition in 2015 with the re-opening of Belmont House, the Georgian dwelling in Lyme Regis, England that John Fowles called home for 37 years. The Landmark Trust, a charity that rescues important buildings that might otherwise be lost, oversaw the £1.8m renovation of the building. It can now be toured by the public, and rooms are also available for short holiday rentals.
The upper windows of Belmont House offer an excellent view of The Cobb and adjacent harbor, the setting for the opening scenes of Fowles’ masterpiece The French Lieutenant’s Woman. He wrote it and his subsequent novels The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa and A Maggot at the house.
More information about the project and the availability of tours and rentals is available here at the following links:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-34338419
https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/news-and-events/visiting-landmarks/visiting-belmont/
