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Vicki and Steve welcome you to Holestone Moor Barns.
Our five star self catering holiday cottages sleep up to 15. They are luxury conversions from 200-year-old stone farm buildings, and stand adjacent to our own house.
The Barn (sleeps 11, plus a "Z-bed" and a baby) and The Stables (sleeps 4 + baby), but many of our guests hire Both Cottages together (sleeps 15, plus a "Z-bed" and 2 babies), and enjoy having the whole place to themselves!
It's peaceful here at high lying Holestone Moor, away from main roads, yet only 4 miles from Matlock in the Derbyshire Dales.
Wildlife enthusiasts will be delighted to find rare animals and birds such as water voles, badgers, skylarks, and hares.
Children love to play hide and seek in the wood which is just part of our 6 acres of grounds. And if it's raining ... well there's always the games room and under 5's playroom.
We pride ourselves on offering everything you need to start your holiday or short break off - all you need to bring are clothes and food (and yourselves of course!).
Why don't you take a look inside?
You can use our luxury self catering holiday cottages in 3 ways:
Yes - you can take us over! Large parties are most welcome to use both The Barn and The Stables.
Holestone Moor Barns is the perfect place to get family or friends together for a holiday or short break.
The dining room in The Barn seats 15 plus a couple of high chairs, and there is plenty of space inside and out for you to relax together.
For full details of each cottage please see below.
A beautiful and luxurious conversion of the old barn that has maintained the original features of the oak beams and stonework. The attention to detail makes The Barn a great place for individuals, groups or families to be together whilst enjoying their own private facilities.
There is a large and comfortably furnished lounge area, featuring a soaring apex ceiling - the full height of the barn, with oak beams, a stone fireplace with log-burning stove and a feature balcony. This room has a comfortable yet airy feeling - a great place to gather with your friends or family.
The barn also has a luxury fitted kitchen with everything you need for self catering and a separate dining room, seating 15.
A downstairs bedroom sleeping 2, with en-suite bathroom and wheel-in shower is suitable for wheelchair users.
Stairs lead to a further 4 bedrooms, all with en-suite bathrooms:
All of the bedrooms have an individual style and 3 have a TV.
Each of the bathrooms has a shower (one over the bath) and shaver point.
Click to read the The Barn's Access Statement.
For more General information see below.
Another luxurious conversion of the old stables building with a comfortable, open plan kitchen, dining room and lounge, retaining original oak beams - all great for relaxed self catering.
Old stonework creates a feature fireplace with a log-burning stove.
There are two bedrooms - one double and one twin individually styled to give light and comfort. The well-equipped bathroom has a bath, shower and shaver point.
Click to read the The Stables' Access Statement.
For more General information see below.
Our cottages are well equipped with colour TV, DVD, hi-fi, refrigerator and freezer, cooker, microwave, washing machine, tumble dryer and dishwasher - all that you need for your holiday or short break.
The cottages share use of the well equipped games room (pool table, table tennis, darts and table football) and an under 5's playroom.
Included in the cost of your stay are all linen, towels, heating, electricity and logs. A travel cot and highchair are available in each cottage. A stair gate is available for The Barn on request, as is cot linen. We provide a selection of books in each cottage.
Maps, games, DVDs and reference books are available for loan.
Secure parking is provided for nine cars.
Sorry - we cannot accommodate pets.
Both cottages - a 3 night weekend/4 night mid-week break from £999 in low season to £2770 in high season.
The Barn - a 3 night weekend/4 night mid-week break from £885 in low season to £2387.
The Stables - a 3 night weekend/4 night mid-week break from £199 in low season to £499 in high season, and up to £491 for a full week.
Please contact us on 01246 591263 or by e-mail info(at)hmbarns.co.uk (edited to prevent spamming) for more specific details.
Please contact us on 01246 591263 or by e-mail info(at)hmbarns.co.uk (edited to prevent spamming)with for details of availability.
We (Vicki and Steve) moved to Holestone Moor Farm on 1st May 1998, with our Irish Water Spaniel, Rags. We had found an old three bedroomed farmhouse with some interesting almost derelict farm buildings and just under 6 acres of upland, most of which had been used for grazing by the previous owner. Our two sons, Adam and Neil, then 19 and 17, were living not far away in Nottingham.
The two farm buildings consisted of a two-storey stone barn with huge grain silos at one end, and a building that had variously been stables and pig sties in a previous life. The Barn already had a slate tiled roof, but The Stables was sheltered under ancient and dangerous corrugated asbestos. It took 8 months to convert the two farm buildings into ‘The Barn’ sleeping 11 and ‘The Stables’ sleeping 4. During that time we planted around 4,500 trees and hedging, and we started to plant our own garden.
Just two days before we opened for our first guests, we had a bit of an anxious time, when we tried to move furniture into The Stables living room, the settee would not fit in. No way was it going to go through the front door. Fortunately our builder was still around and within an hour he took a window out, got the settee in, and put the window back!
It’s very much an owner run business; teamwork is very important. Vicki does all the administrative work and Steve does the maintenance on the cottages and our land. We couldn’t manage without our brilliant and loyal team of ‘girls’ who help with cleaning, bed changing, restocking etc. Some of them have been with us from the start. We manage to meet occasionally for coffee breaks and meals, and we keep in touch by means of a Walkie-talkie!
Now, some things have changed a lot, others just a little. The trees have grown … the wildlife pond and wildflower meadow (pictured right) are flourishing. Décor and soft furnishings are changed … we regularly discard, move and renew things so that there’s always something different for our returning guests. (The record is 15 visits since we opened at Christmas 1999.)
Our eldest son Adam lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. Neil lives just half an hour from us with his fiancé, Gemma. Rags has gone … but we now have Parsley (pictured left), an eccentric Irish Water Spaniel.
We get a regular supply of eggs from our flock of chickens, which are a mixture of Black Rocks, Wellsummers, Rhode Rocks, White Stars, Cuckoo Marnans and other hybrids and a beautiful (well, handsome?) cockerel called Big George. He was from one of the chickens we hatched in 2007, and is a beautiful golden colour with black tail feathers.
Last, but not least are - Cappucino, Barnaby, Domino and Prince Rupert, four male alpacas, 3 of which arrived early in 2008, and one in September 2008. They are primarily to guard our hens, but are also a huge attraction for our guests.
We have a huge amount of wild and birdlife, including some rare species - water voles, bats, and badgers, skylarks, woodpeckers swallows, wrens, lapwings, owls etc., to name just a few. There are walks from the door … seats where you can just sit quietly and relax, barbecues, play areas and so on. We hope it feels like a home from home.
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On the edge of the Derbyshire Dales there is no better place to take your short break than Holestone Moor Barns.
Within 20 minutes of junction 28 of the M1 motorway we offer a peaceful, relaxing setting for your break.
Whether you want to visit local attractions, walk in the hills and dales, or simply sit and relax with a glass of wine and listen to the bird song ... it's all here for you.
To request an information pack or make an enquiry about prices and available dates, please contact us on 01246 591263 or by e-mail info(at)hmbarns.co.uk (edited to prevent spamming).
At Holestone Moor Barns we offer the following holiday breaks all year round:
These are our preferred start days but we do try to be as flexible as possible, dependent upon our other bookings.
If you wish to start your holiday on a different day of the week, or would like to extend your stay by a day or two please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Please contact us on 01246 591263 or by e-mail info(at)hmbarns.co.uk (edited to prevent spamming) for more specific details.
Telephone - 01246 591263
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Email - info(at)hmbarns.co.uk (edited to prevent spamming)
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Post - Vicki Clemerson, Holestone Moor Farm, Holestone Moor, Near Ashover, Derbyshire, S45 0JS