Cottage Information

Short breaks available in Horseshoe Cottage from £299, Bay Tree Cottage from £225 and also at Croft Head, and a touch on other properties we have available for longer lets…

Our two quality assessed holiday homes in Nordham are the old gardener’s cottages to Fawley House and our holiday home in Cumbria, Croft head, is at the heart of the village of Applethwaite, a 17th century farm house with bags of character.

Our other properties are 17th century Baker’s cottage in Hotham, a charming family home, and the Appleloft in Nordham, our small beamed apartment. These two properties are for longer lets.

Whether at work or at play, we all want WiFi! We have upgraded to superfast broadband, so you can carry on emailing and surfing on your tablets and phones, stress free!

Horseshoe Cottage, Nordham, North Cave, East Yorks

Horseshoe Cottage is assessed 4* Gold by Visit England, and offers a homely, cottage style environment for 5 people, with extra beds available if required.

Adjacent to Bay Tree Cottage on the quiet street of Nordham, Horseshoe Cottage has immediate access to parkland and the stunning Wolds countryside, we call home. The bright kitchen has a washing machine, dishwasher, 4 ring ceramic hob, 2 ovens, microwave, toaster and there’s a separate larder with fridge. An additional outdoor utility room with fridge freezer, washer and dryer, and ironing facilities is available for our guests, and doubles as a cycle lock up.

The dining room next to the kitchen has a table to sit 8 people, useful if the two cottages are taken together. There is a fireplace, with contemporary wood burner effect fire and original stripped pine cupboards housing games and books. A writing table holds tourist information on the area, a radio/iPod speaker and TV with DVD.

The hallway gives access to the sitting room with character feature fireplace with electric fire and TV. With 3 TV's in the house, there is no need to fight over which channel to watch!

Returning to the hallway there is a bathroom with shower next to the foot of the stairs. Upstairs on the upper landing at the front of the house, there is a double room with king sized bed and a large twin room. On the lower landing there’s a sunny single room with sloping cottage ceiling. Up to three occasional beds can be accommodated in addition, (£30/bed/stay).

The sunny walled courtyard garden, with herb bed for your use, has a log burning BBQ and large table so you are able to invite friends or family to join you.

Cottage Info

Bedrooms: 3: 1 king, 1 twin, 1 single
Sleeps: 5-8
Bathrooms: 2
Separate Dining Room: Yes
Separate Sitting Room: Yes
Off-Road Parking: 2 small cars or one larger car
Short Breaks: from £299
Pets: No
Internet: Yes

Horseshoe Cottage access statement (PDF)

Bay Tree Cottage, Nordham, North Cave, East Yorks

Bay Tree Cottage is assessed 4* by Visit England, and offers a cosy, cottage environment for 2 people.

Bay Tree Cottage is also situated on Nordham, at the edge of North Cave, with stunning parkland a moment away. The cottage lies between Horseshoe Cottage and our restored 17th Century barn-cottage event space next door.*

Bay Tree is a cosy cottage with character; original beams in the kitchen with an old pine breakfast bar. There are original pine cupboards next to the cottage fireplace in the snug sitting room which has a traditional coal effect gas fire. The stairs give way to a sunny bathroom with shower on the left and a step up to the bedroom at the front of the house, with an old pine fireplace. The utility room has washer and dryer and ironing facilities as well as a extra fridge freezer if required. There is room to safely lock up any cycles.

The cottage courtyard garden with topiary, flower beds and herbs for your use, has a table for two just outside the kitchen, and a bench and sunbeds for relaxing in the sunshine. Just ask if you need more logs for the log burning BBQ.

Cottage Info

Bedrooms: 1 king
Sleeps: 2
Bathrooms: 1
Combined Sitting/Dining Room: Yes
Off-Road Parking: 1
Short Breaks: from £225
Pets: No
Internet: Yes

Bay Tree Cottage access statement (PDF)

Want both of our cottages in Nordham?

Bay Tree Cottage and Horseshoe Cottage can be taken together to give ample accommodation for 7-10 people, with an internal link downstairs between the two sitting rooms.

Interlink the two cottages: we can open the double, soundproofed internal doors which join the two cottages together. The two cottages together give plenty of space for a larger group to sleep 7-10 people, great for families or wedding parties.

Event space

The barn as we call it, was originally 3 one up one down 17th Century cottages, which we restored, as they were beginning to tumble. We knocked the three cottages into one to create an event space which has a charming mix of beams, stone walls and log burners at either end, kitchen, ladies & gents loos, and its own private entrance. Possibly most importantly especially for meetings, it has WiFi.

The barn has proved popular for families at Christmas, for wedding parties, and business meetings

Other Information for Nordham Cottages: Bay Tree and Horseshoe Cottage

Change over days: Fridays and Mondays, but we aim to be flexible
Nearest Town: Beverley/Market Weighton
Nearest City: Hull & York
Coast: Hornsea: 35 mins, Bridlington: 45 mins, Scarborough: 55 mins
Shops, Pub, Playground, Fish & Chip shop: 5 minutes
Pub/Restaurant: 25 minute parkland walk
Access to Countryside: Immediate
Bus Stop: 5 minutes
Train Station: 15 minutes (Brough)
Garden: Sunny courtyard garden with BBQ and separate eating areas.
Pets
: If both Horseshoe and Bay Tree Cottages are taken together, a small well-behaved pet would be considered.*

* It is asked that if a pet stays at Nordham Cottages, the following is understood:
The pet must remain downstairs. We would appreciate your cooperation by not allowing your dog on the furniture. Your pet must have a crate to sleep in and must not be left in the cottage alone, unless in a pet crate. For the comfort of the next guest, any mess outside must be cleaned up and put in the bin by the red post box on Nordham.

Croft Head, Applethwaite, Keswick, Cumbria

Our latest acquisition to add to our cottage portfolio is Croft head, a 17th Century farmhouse in the heart of Applethwaite with fabulous views of the fells beyond Keswick from the rear of the cottage, and the towering Skiddaw from the front.

Since October 2015, we have been working on the old farm house, taking it back to bare bones, revealing its wonderful features: inglenook fireplace, now with new log burner, old fireplace upstairs, alcoves, beams and Lakeland stone flag flooring downstairs. A sunny conservatory off the kitchen is a wonderfully warm haven in a bowl of surrounded planting with wonderful views: a perfect place to just sit and relax. There’s a small, pretty garden, accessed through the conservatory with a quiet sitting area.

The downstairs has open plan kitchen/dining/sitting area with one twin room with large barn window and en-suite shower room.

There are two staircases, (the original stone spiral and a later wooden stairway) giving access to 2 en-suite bedrooms one with balcony. The master bedroom has a double ended bath with shower. All rooms have great views.

Parking for 3 cars only.

Longer let properties

Baker's Cottage, Hotham, East Yorks

Grade II listed Baker’s Cottage is the ‘gem’ of idyllic Hotham village. This 17th Century dwelling has an inglenook fireplace, stone features and old beams with 3 roof pitch bedrooms. Jim Lawrence lighting and cast iron radiators give the quality edge, along with stunning murals to the upstairs walls.

Downstairs, the spacious kitchen has range cooker, dishwasher, large fridge/freezer, micro-wave and breakfast table to sit 8 people. The sitting room, dining room, front entrance hall and downstairs shower room are one step up from the kitchen and rear hall area.

The dining room, leading from the kitchen has original brick fireplace with wood burning stove.

The comfortable sitting room has Inglenook fireplace with large log burner, and two window seats looking into the garden. From the sitting room through an old latch door is the compact warm utility room with boiler, washer, dryer and ironing facilities.

The front entrance hall has a shower room off it.

In the cottage, there are 3 ‘roof pitch’ bedrooms, offering family accommodation for 4-5 with a bathroom upstairs.

Outside are pretty cottage gardens front and rear with a garden store, patio & BBQ area. Private parking for 2 cars. There is also a garden lodge suitable as an extra en-suite guest room for 2, or as an office.

Appleloft, Nordham, East Yorks

This desirable apartment on the street of Nordham is suitable for 1 or 2 people. Wonderful cross beams, stone walling, the apartment is light and airy, with views towards the park. Open plan kitchen, dining, sitting area, king sized bedroom with original fireplace and feature bathroom. WiFi. Private parking for 1 car.

Activities Available Locally

As well as enjoying the area on foot, on your bike or by car for coast, local towns and cities, make the most of our stunning Hockney countryside. Located at the foot of the Wolds, we are very close to the Wolds Way. Artist David Hockney, exhibited his work of the Yorkshire Wolds at the Royal Academy in London and we can point you in the right direction to find some of the famous views and villages that inspired him.

Our Cottages are ideal for: Walkers, Cyclists, Families, Wildlife enthusiasts and Garden Lovers! Many other activities are available locally, just see below.

For more detailed information on local activities and days out, see our: Suggested Days Out (downloadable PDF).

Walking

Enjoy the peaceful paths where you can have the countryside to yourselves. There are great family walks of varying length around the village.

Walks which include, the North Cave Wetlands, streamside walks, those to local pubs and to our local farm shop and restaurant, Drewtons. Our vilage pub is 5 minutes away, and The Hotham Arms in Hotham, full of Yorkshire character, is a very pleasant 25 minute walk away from Horseshoe and Bay Tree Cottage. Walking to The Star at Sancton, can really work up an appetite, walking through Hotham and onwards through Houghton wood.

Cycling

We are able to offer safe lockable storage for your cycles and have nearby routes which are tried and tested by our family, local on and off road routes which we are happy to give advice on. There is also great cycling at the nearby Humber Bridge and coastal routes. For real enthusiasts, try the routes from 2015 and 2016 Tour de Yorkshire, and ask Tom for some training cycle routes; he has local cycling knowledge after training for the Sierra Nevada and the Coast to Coast.

For families there is safe cycling for younsters on the doorstep, a mostly traffic-free zone in the park, where our own children learnt to ride their bikes.

For cycling enthusiasts: National Cycle Network: 1A Hull to Fakenham, and 65 – White Rose Hull to Middlesbrough.

See also Big Skies Bike Rides/Yorkshire Wolds

Family Fun

Short family walks are available from the door to feed the ducks and play 'pooh sticks' in the nearby stream. Use our fishing nets to try your luck at catching a fish, or go for an ice cream from the village shop and enjoy the nearby playground, only 5 minutes away. Enjoy family bike riding on a mostly ‘traffic-free’ road, where our own children learnt to ride their bikes. See the bird of prey center, just outside the village. Williams Den, the children’s attraction at North Cave is opening in Spring ’17.

Wildlife Adventure

A photographer’s dream location

With the North Cave Wetlands 1/2 mile from the door, our cottages are ideally located. North Cave is the gateway to East Yorkshire's Wildlife Triangle, and we are proud to support the Wildlife Trust. We’re happy to recommend, where to look for wildlife locally, and on our farmland at Newbald in the next village which has the Wolds Way passing through it.

We can offer a ‘wild’ time at Nordham Cottages. As well as having the North Cave Wetlands on the doorstep, we have built our very own streamside hide in the gardens of Fawley House for wildlife enthusiasts to enjoy. Our own woodland trail, enables our visitors to watch wildlife, ‘listen in’ and go habitat spotting. We have a TV bird box, many bird boxes on the property and an abundance of birdlife. We are lucky to have a magical stream passing through the woodland where you can spot king fishers and woodpeckers by day, owls and stream loving bats by night, if you dare! Please ask Louise for a suitable time to go ‘wild’ watching in the woodland.

Gardens

There are stunning private gardens to see through the National Garden Scheme and many public gardens well worth seeing. Fawley House, open for ngs is just next door, so ask Louise if you are interested in seeing the gardens, to arrange a convenient time. Check out Fawley House on the National Garden Scheme website.

Gardens open to the public include Burton Agnes Hall, Sledmere House, Castle Howard, Burnby Hall, Jacksons Wold, and Scampston Hall.

Yorkshire Garden Tours

Available for parties of up to 14 people, or more using additional holiday cottages nearby. Ask for help devising an itinery visiting the finest gardens East Yorkshire has to offer. The facilities of the Barn: our own event space, can be used for private dining and even a garden lecture, if you would like Louise to organise that for you.

Call 01430 422266 for details: as X County Organiser for the National Garden Scheme, Louise can advise you.

Other local activities

In North Cave: Canoeing, Diving, Fishing, two garden centers, bird of prey center, and Williams Den, the children’s attraction (opening in Spring '17).

In neighbouring villages: Horse riding, Polo, Golf and Health Spa, Clay pigeon shooting, even Gliding!

Theatres, Cinemas and swimming pools 20 minutes away.

See our Suggested Days Out (downloadable PDF)

Activities further afield, within 30minutes to 45 minutes

Activities further afield, within 20 to 45 minutes

There are many attractions in Hull, Beverley, York, in the Countryside and on the Coast. e.g, The Deep, Ice Arena, The York Maze, York Dungeons, Water world, Watersports & plenty to do at the coast.

Good local food

We are gifted with some excellent local restaurants:-

For eating out: The Star at Sancton, The Hotham Arms, Drewtons, The Gallery at South Cave, 1884 in Hull, and the Michelin Star Pipe and Glass at Dalton. There’s also an excellent selection of recommended restaurants in nearby Beverley.

For buying food: We have a fresh egg & vegetable stand at the end of the street, and a fruit and vegetable shop on the outskirts of the village. There’s an excellent small supermarket in the next village selling quality meat from local butchers and good bakery products, not forgetting Drewtons Farm Shop just outside North Cave.

Large supermarket include Tesco at Martket Weighton, Morrisons at Brough, Sainsbury’s at Hessle, Waitrose at Willerby, M&S in Beverley - all within 20 minutes.

For more suggestions, download our PDF: Local Activities and Suggested Days Out.

Welcome

Your traditional and cosy hideaway on the doorstep of the Yorkshire Wolds.

'From the moment we arrived, we knew this place was going to be special.'

Cottage Information

Short breaks available in Horseshoe Cottage from £299, Bay Tree Cottage from £225 and also at Croft Head, and a touch on other properties we have available for longer lets…

Horseshoe Cottage, Nordham, North Cave, East Yorks

Cottage Info

Bay Tree Cottage, Nordham, North Cave, East Yorks

Cottage Info

Want both of our cottages in Nordham?

Event space

Other Information for Nordham Cottages: Bay Tree and Horseshoe Cottage

Croft Head, Applethwaite, Keswick, Cumbria

Longer let properties

Baker's Cottage, Hotham, East Yorks

Appleloft, Nordham, East Yorks

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The Area

'A great place from which to base yourself for exploring the Yorkshire Wolds'

Nearby and a little further

David Hockney country only 20 minutes away

Activities Available Locally

Walking

Cycling

Family Fun

Wildlife Adventure

A photographer’s dream location

Gardens

Yorkshire Garden Tours

Other local activities

Activities further afield, within 20 to 45 minutes

Good local food

We are gifted with some excellent local restaurants:-

Pricing & Availability

For price information, please contact Louise Martin:

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