Beau­ti­ful char­ac­ter cot­tage set in pri­vate nature gar­dens for stays in the Peak District

Locat­ed at the edge of the mag­nif­i­cent Peak Dis­trict Nation­al Park in cen­tral Der­byshire and in the cen­tre of Eng­land, this cot­tage is well-posi­tioned to receive guests from across the UK, mak­ing it ide­al for large groups, fam­i­lies, hen par­ties and those spe­cial celebrations. 

Sit­ting between the his­tor­i­cal mar­ket town of Ash­bourne and Cars­ing­ton Water, and just a short dri­ve from the pop­u­lar spa and mar­ket towns of Bux­ton, Bakewell and Mat­lock, our pic­turesque cot­tage Hill­side Croft is ide­al­ly placed to explore the many attrac­tions and activ­i­ties this amaz­ing coun­ty has to offer. The many, scenic Der­byshire Dales and moor­lands offer both leisure­ly and chal­leng­ing walks for all, as well as bound­less pos­si­bil­i­ties for bud­ding nature pho­tog­ra­phers to take that per­fect shot.

Full of ancient oak beams, inter­nal revealed stone, and with cosy log stoves under inglenook fire­places, this delight­ful five-bed room lux­u­ry cot­tage is pic­ture-post­card per­fect. Built in 1709, this cot­tage retains all its orig­i­nal char­ac­ter and charm in addi­tion to the full range of mod­ern ameni­ties, includ­ing Wi-Fi. With full cen­tral heat­ing through­out, this cot­tage has a cosy and wel­com­ing ambience.

There is a sep­a­rate din­ing room and lounge, both extreme­ly well-fit­ted and fur­nished with log stoves and full oil cen­tral heat­ing. The farm­house-style, tiled kitchen is a delight, with hand­made pine units and gran­ite work­tops. It is excep­tion­al­ly well-equipped, with every item you may need for cater­ing dur­ing your stay at our lux­u­ry self-cater­ing cot­tage. For those want­i­ng meals pre­pared, cater­ing can also be arranged, enabling you to wine and dine at ease in the com­fort of your won­der­ful sur­round­ings. Pam­per­ing is also avail­able by arrange­ment. Just a 10 minute walk wil take you into the vil­lage which has two pubs both serv­ing food.

With 5 bed­rooms, it can accom­mo­date 10 peo­ple in full-size beds, and up to 14 with 4 addi­tion­al sin­gle beds in the dou­ble rooms, 2 cots and 2 high chairs are also avail­able, as are 2 sin­gle bed chairs, if required. Fit­ted and fur­nished to a high stan­dard, with beau­ti­ful hand­made antique pine fur­ni­ture with fea­ture mar­ble tops, our grade II-list­ed sand­stone char­ac­ter cot­tage is a delight. There is one en suite show­er room off the mas­ter bed­room and one main bath­room which has both a roll-top bath and a walk-in show­er. There are 3 WCs over­all, locat­ed on the ground and first floors.

Over six acres of pas­ture­land sur­round the cot­tage, with beau­ti­ful­ly main­tained large lawn gar­dens with well-stocked bor­ders of flow­ers and bush­es, and two large nature ponds that are ful­ly fenced for the safe­ty of chil­dren. The patio area has a BBQ, a chim­nea, hard-wood fur­ni­ture and a large hot tub exclu­sive­ly for the use of our guests at Hill­side Croft.

This lux­u­ry 5 bed­room cot­tage is a delight, full of char­ac­ter and charm. We also have anoth­er large prop­er­ty avail­able (see prop­er­ty ref: DER083).

Facil­i­ties include Wi-Fi, hot tub, BBQ and a wood-burn­ing stove. Con­sid­er­able pri­vate off-road car park­ing is avail­able for all guests.