Hill Top Summer (AW88)

Beatrix Potter, beloved author and illustrator of her even more beloved childrens’ tales, purchased Hill Top in 1905 with royalties from her first books. A working farm (as it still is), it provided the inspiration and background to so many of her stories.
In 1906 she added a wing to the building to accomodate her farm manager and his family.
Farming and a mission to save as much of the local landscape as she could for posterity became a passion with Beatrix Potter (or Mrs Heelis as she was after her marriage). At her death in 1943 she left an astounding 4,000 acres and 15 farms to the National Trust.