Changes at Manesty

Regular visitors to Manesty will be saddened to hear of the passing of our dear friend and neighbour, Margaret, who had lived in Cocklety How since 2000. Margaret passed away in early September in the Cumberland Infirmary. Obviously this sad event has affected our family in more ways than one. We are now charged with making important decisions about how we will incorporate Margaret’s house into our business.

This November/December we plan to incorporate a downstairs shower room and spacious sitting room into Cocklety How Stable Loft underneath the kitchen, bathroom and small bedroom. We will turn the old sitting room back into a 3rd bedroom and the small bedroom back into a single room. The Stable Loft will then be able to accommodate up to 5 people in 3 bedrooms, and will operate on a sliding scale of prices depending on occupancy: the current price will remain for parties of up to 3 people, and the price will increase incrementally for parties of 4 and 5. We hope that this will increase the flexibility of our accommodation, yet not discourage our valued regular guests who have been visiting the Stable Loft for many years!

Margaret’s house will be renamed Cocklety How Byre, as is it sited on the location of the old tin sheds and in the part of the original barn where the cows lived when the working farm buildings of Manesty Farm were here at Manesty (they are now located about 400m away on the road to Grange). It will be let as a luxury one bedroomed cottage for 2, with the option of sleeping another 2 persons on a sofa bed in the spacious lounge. It will be available for part weeks all year round, probably on a Monday – Friday, Friday – Monday basis, and is thus likely to be let on a Friday – Friday cycle, with later arrival and departure times than currently to allow people to come up after work and make the most of their last day here at the end of their stay.

We hope you are excited by the changes we plan to make in Cocklety How in the near future. We would love to hear your comments: drop us an email , give us a bell, or join our facebook page and comment on our wall or directly on our notes where our news items are posted as a blog. Don’t forget you can keep up to date with our lasted offers and availability there as well!