Millbeck Cottage

14/05/2023

BEautiful 💕

10/05/2023

Exciting to be finally giving Millbeck some much deserved attention after sitting empty for years. Hopefully we’ll be ready to accept guests soon, fingers crossed anyway!

So, can finally reveal that our next venture is this little beauty! Nestled at the foot of the Peckforton Hills in Cheshire - another Grade II listed gem.

Hope to welcome guests in the next couple of months once we have worked our magic on it. A warm welcome awaits!

We will be listing on Cottages.Com shortly and a new website and page are under construction.

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07/05/2023

Call us mad, but we've given ourselves approximately 8 weeks until launch date - holiday let pending...............

27/04/2023

So, can finally reveal that our next venture is this little beauty! Nestled at the foot of the Peckforton Hills in Cheshire - another Grade II listed gem.

Hope to welcome guests in the next couple of months once we have worked our magic on it. A warm welcome awaits!

We will be listing on Cottages.Com shortly and a new website and page are under construction.

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31/12/2022

So, 2022 has been an interesting one and the end of this year sees the end of our reign as owners of Rowantree. It is with great sadness that we spend our last week at the cottage as we prepare to close the doors for the last time as owners. We have absolutely loved our years owning the cottage and making memories for hundreds and hundreds of our guests.

Rowantree is a magical place and will always have a special place in our hearts. Other opportunities, however, have presented
themselves and it is time for another couple
to make their mark. We realise that it’s a little sudden, and for that we apologise, it took us by surprise too.

We do hope that you will continue to support the new owners who are continuing Rowantree Cottage as a holiday let.

We will be closing this page down shortly so until then - it’s over and out.

Thank you for your custom and friendship throughout the years. Much love, Audrey, Adam & Zac ### 😘

29/10/2022

Show me your best efforts carving pumpkins - this is ours! The boys did good!

29/10/2022

Don’t know about you, but I am glad for the extra hour tomorrow - it’s been a long week!

14/10/2022

Exciting News! 🥘👨‍🍳

26/09/2022

Excited to see the turf ridge go on !!
Also, if anyone is wondering why the back looks different to the front elevation - that’s because the front is water reed and the back is straw. This was a condition of Scottish Heritage - it must be preserved like this.
Thatch cottages are so pretty 🤩 and we are delighted to maintain this one!

22/09/2022

The thatch is coming along nicely! How fresh does it look? 👀 It really needed this and we think it looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see the traditional turf ridge go into place. 🙌

19/09/2022

So the re-thatching is underway - very skilled process.

11/09/2022

We apologise for having to close down for the month of September. However, we have good reason for this............ we are having the roof rethatched by North West Thatchers w/c 19th September.

Scotland has a long tradition of using thatch, and in some parts of the country the local traditions of thatching continued until the beginning of the 20th century. However, since then, thatched buildings have largely disappeared from the rural landscape in many parts of Scotland. Thatch tends to be locally distinctive, with many variations of materials and vernacular traditions found even in relatively small geographical areas. Materials found for thatching roofs in Scotland include oat and barley straw, rye, reed, heather, bracken, broom, marram grass (grown on sand dunes) and eel grass (a type of marine grass). In fact over 20 different types
of thatching materials are identified in Historic Scotland TAN 4, Thatch and Thatching Techniques: a guide to conserving
Scottish thatching traditions. Traditionally sourced from whatever was found to hand, thatch is also one of the most harmonious roofing materials, blending naturally into the surrounding landscape from which it is taken. Due to its perishable nature, a traditional Scottish thatched roof will rapidly deteriorate unless it is regularly maintained. Since 1998 Historic Environment Scotland has
supported owners of thatched buildings through the Thatched Buildings Maintenance Grant Scheme, which has enabled
many thatched buildings to be repaired and kept in use. We are very lucky to be benefitting from this scheme.

A photographic survey of thatched buildings in Scotland, surveyed between May 2014 and August 2015 by Zoe Herbert (SPAB Scotland Officer), on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings identified us as one of 305 properties in Scotland of great historical importance. We must uphold Scotland's rich thatching heritage.

We will be documenting the work and will pop photos on here to show progress. We are all crossing our fingers for good weather!

08/09/2022

RIP Your Majesty. A very sad day. 💔

05/09/2022

CANCELLATION!!!!!

Due to the thatcher informing us that they will now be starting on 19th September, we have a last minute cancellation at the cottage from Saturday 10th for a week. £555. Message me direct and I’ll knock it down to £505. Be quick, this won’t hang around for long!!

www.Rowantree-cottage.co.uk
Based in Scottish Borders

Rowantree Cottage is a pretty, thatched self-catering holiday let ideal for walking. Stunning scenery in an idyllic location of the Scottish Borders.

23/07/2022

Programme for today. Join in the celebrations in Yetholm and support the Kelso Laddie and his right and left hand men.

23/07/2022

Yetholm Day today for the Kelso Laddie ride out. Safe oot, safe in. Hip hip hooray!
💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍

03/06/2022

Have a great weekend celebrating the Queens Jubilee

30/05/2022

Accommodation, food and drink and other essentials - more accommodation listed at https://www.yetholmonline.org/

25/05/2022

23/04/2022

LAST MINUTE BREAK IF ANYONE INTERESTED. TODAY. £400! That’s less than £60 per night! GRAN A BARGAIN. Happy to look at weekend only also or mid-week only.

WWW.ROWANTREE-COTTAGE.CO.UK

Saturday 23rd April for a week.

Beautiful scenery, warm and welcoming pub in spitting distance from the cottage.

Toasty underfloor heating, roaring open fire 🔥

Varying in difficulty walks a plenty from the doorstep.

Generous welcome pack including a bottle of wine 🍷

Doggie bags for your four legged friends - we adore dogs so only fitting that they receive treats too!

In the idyllic Scottish Borders with the city of Edinburgh just over an hour away - best of both worlds - what’s not to like?!!

Oh and did we mention we hold a ‘Customer’s Choice’ award? Yes we do - consistently achieving feedback of 9.7 and over. We LOVE what we do.

Rowantree Cottage is a pretty, thatched self-catering holiday let ideal for walking. Stunning scenery in an idyllic location of the Scottish Borders.

20/04/2022

Still have availability following a cancellation - this Saturday 23rd April for a week.

Beautiful scenery, warm and welcoming pub in spitting distance from the cottage.

Toasty underfloor heating, roaring open fire 🔥

Varying in difficulty walks a plenty from the doorstep.

Generous welcome pack including a bottle of wine 🍷

Doggie bags for your four legged friends - we adore dogs so only fitting that they receive treats too!

Message me direct to book and save yourself 10% off the advertised rate of £505.

£454.50 for 7 nights in the idyllic Scottish Borders with the city of Edinburgh just over an hour away - best of both worlds - what’s not to like?!!

Oh and did we mention we hold a ‘Customer’s Choice’ award? Yes we do - consistently achieving feedback of 9.7 and over. We LOVE what we do.

20/04/2022

Or as my mum used to say (quite often) wheesht yer mooth!!

19/04/2022

Never a good thing to look peelie wally!!

17/04/2022

A very Scottish thing to say! Remember to take your ‘pieces’ for lunch! Alien in England and not used to describe sandwiches at all! 😂

14/04/2022

As kids growing up in the village, there was an area of the River Bowmont called the ‘dooking hole’ - it was flanked by trees that we used to swing off and jump in!

13/04/2022

So, I thought it would be fun to post some Scottish words and their meanings! Even though I live in England now, and have done for some years, I still regularly use some of them - although most would get confused looks I’m sure!

I’ll post another tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

13/04/2022

👀 CANCELLATION JUST IN! 👀

Saturday 23rd April 7 nights only £505. Avoid the airport ✈️ stress & queues and book a week in bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Idyllic location with a pub in spitting distance and stunning scenery. Please share.

PM me to book direct

www.rowantree-cottage.co.uk

Rowantree Cottage is a pretty, thatched self-catering holiday let ideal for walking. Stunning scenery in an idyllic location of the Scottish Borders.