Situated less than a mile from Fountains Abbey, a World Heritage site with spectacular ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, the cottages at How Hill are situated around a courtyard and have been converted from a group of 18th-century farm buildings.
These have been sympathetically restored using traditional materials whilst incorporating modern green technology such as the use of Ground Source Heat Pump in the heating system. The tower on the hill behind the cottages is believed to have been originally built as an outlying chapel for the Abbey. It was restored by John Aislabie, when he owned the Estate, and rumour has it that he used it as a gambling den. The farm buildings at the side of the tower were added at a later date and the property was occupied until the 1950s. All the cottages have central heating, wood-burning stoves and share a paved courtyard around which they are situated.

Curlew is the largest of the five cottages, originally the threshing barn and to the rear was the horse engine room for milling the grain.

Ground Floor: entrance lobby with lavatory, hall area with utility room, open-plan sitting/dining room with wood-burning stove - large window looks out onto the courtyard, opening to kitchen area, large double bedroom (with 6' bed, which can also be a twin on request, and en-suite shower room) with views across the Vale of York and Hambleton hills. First Floor: galleried landing overlooking the sitting/dining room, two bedrooms (1 double and 1 twin) and bathroom with shower over bath.

Facilities
Television, dishwasher, washing machine, tumble dryer, cot, high chair

Visitor Notes: Central heating included. Designated parking for two cars adjacent to the cottage entrance. Shared courtyard to the front of the cottage.


Holiday Cottage guests have free access to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Estate during opening hours.