In 1969 Monsignor Patrick O'Dea acquired the building on behalf of the Diocese of Lancaster together with the gate in the 1960s at Lakeside House; a smaller premesis in Keswick, which was fast becoming too small for the demand placed upon it.
In 1969 Monsignor Patrick O'Dea acquired the building on behalf of the Diocese of Lancaster together with the gate house which is now used as a holiday cottage. The Diocese had been involved in residential youth work in the 1960s at Lakeside House; a smaller premesis in Keswick, which was fast becoming too small for the demand placed upon it.