"I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales and hills ..."
Dating back to the late sixteeth century, Rydal Mount was the last residence of the famous Lakeland poet William Wordsworth, which is why our scuiptor has placed a poetry book on the bench and created "a host of golden daffiodils" in the garden n homage to his best loved poem, / Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. Note also the round chimneys, a vernacular feature peculiar to this area.
Although he never owned the house (it was rented from Lady le Fleming, of nearby Rydal Hall). Wordsworth lived here from 1812 until his death in 1850 and during his time here he enjoyed landscaping the four-acre garden, when not spending time in his attic study writing as poet laureate.
"....When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils..."