Country Vacations & Resorts

Cottage of the Month: Cloven Stone Cottage

Location: Caldbeck, Cumbria
Local Weather: Cumbria
Pets: Yes, over 1 year old
Smoking: Outside in designated areas

February’s UK Cottage of the Month is located on 17th century Monkhouse Hill Farm in the UK’s world famous Lake District. The Monkhouse Hill Farm property is a collection of unique vacation cottages and is winner of numerous national awards for quality, excellence and environmental practice.

Sounds like a fantastic place for our next UK country vacation!

Living area

Cloven Stone Cottage is a two-level, 5-Star cottage that sleeps 4 with room for two couples or a great choice for families with older children needing a bit of privacy and space of their own.

With handmade dining furniture from “Out of the Woods“, and a fine collection of Toulouse Lautrec prints, the stonework in Cloven Stone Cottage is visually enhanced and adds a rustic appeal and quality to this luxurious cottage retreat.

Sitting area at Cloven Stone Cottage

The ground floor of this impressive Lake District cottage boasts two double bedrooms, each with a full ensuite bathroom. One of these bedrooms can also be configured as a twin bedroom. Head upstairs to a spacious living area with soft leather furniture and a log burning stove. A fully-equipped kitchen leads to the open plan dining and living room areas.

Your hot tub – with a view

Walk through the living area straight to your elevated private balcony and enjoy the 30-mile views. Plan to spend some time investigating the sheer relaxation of the cottage’s hot tub. Or grab a book or magazine and enjoy the small patio area in the courtyard below.

The location of Monkhill Farms – which lies in the foothills of the Caldbeck Fells, leaves you conveniently located in the Lake District and near the three city centres of Keswick, Penrith, and Carlisle, and for day trips to the Southern Lakes, Hadrians Wall (through Carlisle) and even Southern Scotland. For a closer-in village experience, don’t overlook your local villages of Caldbeck and Hesket Market.

If you’re looking for a great way to spend a day in the Lake District and the Fells, here is a description of a wonderful day spent walking written by a recent traveler to the area.

A relaxing 5-Star stone cottage, scenic walks, a great location, and a lot of history…if these options suit your idea of a great vacation, Cloven Cottage should be your next destination.

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HARTLEY CASTLE BARN

Favorite Features:

• Light and airy barn conversion
• Lovely private garden and fell views
• Private fishing and excellent walking

At the top of the hillside with extensive views across the countryside, this superb barn conversion with its spacious, light and airy rooms, offers distinctive accommodation of a very high standard in a beautiful, unspoilt location.

View from this vacation rental property

From its windows there are views across to Wild Boar Fell and at the rear a lovely private, lawned garden has red squirrels as regular visitors! Built on the site of an 11th Century castle, the delightful property lies within walking distance of the pretty village and a footpath leads into Kirkby Stephen (approximately 0.5 mile) where there are antique shops, restaurants, tea-rooms and local inns.

This spacious vacation rental is an ideal base for touring the Upper Eden Valley, Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales, with free private fishing on the River Eden, excellent walking right from the door as well as riding, swimming and golf available within the immediate area.

For more information or to read the reviews on Property # 2867, Hartley Castle Barn: Dales Holiday Cottages