Hill Top, Near Sawrey (Sawrey consisting of the hamlets Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey). This is the farm the very successful Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) – author and artist (a word she scorned in relation to herself) – moved to in 1905, shortly after her fiancé Norman Warne's death. At the time John Cannon managed the farm and lived there with his family .
Potter wanted the Cannons to stay there, so had an extension built, which is dated 1906. She married local solicitor William Heelis in 1913.
The entrance hall.
The parlour, originally a bedroom.
A glimpse of the kitchen.
Beatrix Potter only rarely used this room, and never slept in this bed.
The sitting room.
On the road down from Hill Top:
'Buckle Yeat
is featured in many
of Beatrix Potters [sic]
books, including The Tale
of Tom Kitten, Pie &
The Patty Pan and
Piggling Bland'
Beatrix Potter bequeathed over 4000 acres to the National Trust, including fifteen farms and many cottages.
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