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HARTINGTON COTTAGES Self Catering Holiday Cottages |
Margaret Francis Clifton House 2 Clifton Rd Buxton, SK17 6QL Tel: (+44)(0)1298 22287 Email: mail@hartingtoncottages.co.uk |
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One
6 person cottage with ingelnook fireplace, original beams exposed
and 3 bedrooms each with a spacious en suites.
Two smaller
2/3 person cottages, again with considerable charachter and exposed
beams located
in my courtyard in the picturesque market square of the popular
village of Hartington.. All three cottages are equipes with Wi-Fi and
full Sky TV. All three cottages have achieved the maximum 100%
from the Tourist Board
Inspector for the quality of housekeeping. Please email or call for details of prices |
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Knowl Cottage |
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 Knowl Cottage |
Knowl Cottage is between 500 and 700 years old, it could therefore
have been built sometime in the 1300s. It was originally of cruck construction,
with a thatched roof. Some time later the thatch was removed, and the walls
raised to build a second floor. Part of the original cruck beam can still be
seen both downstairs and is in fact featured upstairs in one of the bedrooms. There are still plenty
of further old beams to be seen, although these ones are not as old as
the cottage itself. The walls, in part well over two feet thick, have a
wonderful old cottage style feel about them. Relaxing inside, you certainly feel
you have stepped into the past.
This cottage has been graded with the maximum 5 Stars by the
English Tourist Board. |
| In the spacious lounge there is an impressive inglenook fireplace with open grate, bordered by dressed stone lintels. There are also original stone mullion windows and beams. Without doubt this is a most relaxing room. There is a television, video, DVD player, full Sky TV, CD player, and WiFi. The cottage is well heated with fully controllable central heating in addition to the open fire place. Along with an unlimited supply of wood for the fire, all heating is included in the rental. |
 The Living Room |
| The specification of this cotttage is of the highest quality as is reflected by the Tourist Board grading of 5 Star. There is a fully equipped, custom built kitchen, with gloss work-tops and granite sink, brand new fridge-freezer, dishwasher and washing machine, and also a microwave. The kitchen is adjacent to the open-plan beamed dining room. On the first floor are three large bedrooms, all of which are en-suite, two double rooms and one twin. One of the double rooms has an en-suite with a bath and a shower over, the otherstwo rooms have showers. Again the age of the property is apparent from these rooms. Each bedroom has its own tv. | |
 The Courtyard behind Knowl Cottage |
Despite being in the heart of the village, with the stone walls being well over two feet thick, once inside there is a real feeling of seclusion and peace. The cottage benefits from a telephone for incoming and out-going calls. To the front there is a lovely cottage garden with seating from where you can watch village life, whilst to the rear is a large courtyard with further seating. There is a barbecue in the courtyard, shared with the other two cottages. In during the spring, summer and early autumn months, beans and vegetables are planted for guest to use during their stay. |
 Manifold and Dove Cottages |
Behind Knowl Cottage are two further stone cottages, Manifold and Dove Cottages, converted from an old barn. Again they exude character, whilst still offering comfort and convenience.
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Dove Cottage is a two person cottage. The living room is downstairs and upstairs is the bedroom, with an en-suite bathroom. Also upstairs is the kitchen with open plan dining area. There are exposes beams in the kitchen and the bedroom. Manifold Cottage is a two person cottage but also has the option of an extra single bed, giving the option of sleeping three in a room or alternatively, to be used as two singles. This bedroom is open plan, exposing some impressive original beams. Both cottages have TV's in the bedrooms. Although the cottages have different layouts. The overall floor space of the two cottages is roughly the same.
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Open Plan Kitchen in Dove Cottage |
Manifold Cottage Bedroom |
Both Manifold and Dove have log effect stoves in the living areas, again fully controllable central heating throughout, leather settees and leather armchairs, fully equipped modern kitchens, again with gloss work-tops and real granite sinks, fridge-freezers, microwave, ceramic topped electric cookers and plenty of original old beams and other interesting features. Being in the courtyard, they are exceptionally quiet. There is also provision for parking in the courtyard.
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Manifold and Dove Cottages have both been graded 4 Stars by the English Tourist Board
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Manifold Cottage Living Room |
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My family also has a number of cottages up at our non-working farm a mile up the road, between Hartington and Biggin (See our web site for details of these cottages www.cotterillfarm.co.uk). In all cottages, here at Hartington and at Cotterill Farm there are seven (!) information packs, which have been highly praised by both the Tourist Board and our guests. In addition to containing the more usual but extensive brochures produced by the various organisers of the tourist attractions, we set out in a very personalised way extensive ideas prepared by ourselves over many pages on what to do in the immediate area, and much other information, as well, is given. All the Tourist Board inspectors visitng (they make annual visits) have indicated they are the best they have ever seen, and immodestly we do claim that they are amongst the best in the country. those leaflets that are professionally produced by the (mainly) commercial tourist operators are stored in order of proximity to the cottages, so at a glance it can be appreciated how much travelling might possibly be involved in seeing something that has caught our guests' eyes. The advantage of these information packs is that they ensure that our guests have plenty of ideas of what to do, most usually say that they had never appreciated how much there was in the area, (even regular visitors to the Peak have said that), and many of my guests have commented that with the benefit of the information given they have been able to give their cars a holiday too, hardly (if at all) moving them all week. (In addition, weekly events lists are provided between May and the end of October in advance of our guests' arrival to enable our guests to perhaps plan in advance particularly on the first couple of days of their stay with us what they might wish to do) | |
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I like to think that it is the extensive ideas, events lists and information we provide and the quality and attention to detail both in the furnishings and the much praised housekeeping as well as their wonderful location that have ensured that there are a particularly high number of repeat visitors to our cottages |
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