"All the hallmarks of a classic countryside getaway are present and correct at Hyll: 60 acres of meadows and woods to romp across, a buttery Grade II-listed manor house at the top of the hill, sheep baaing merrily in the paddocks. But there are surprises in store, too. "We could easily have taken our cues from the hotel's history," Liam McGroarty, one half of the Manchester-based design studio Youth, which designed this curious opening, tells me. "We could have gone down a rabbit hole of creating something that's a bit cliché - something very farmhouse. We didn't want to be shouty about Hyll's history.""
"Hyll has history in spades. Formerly known as Charingworth Manor, this 17th-century, Grade II-listed estate was once a favourite of T.S. Eliot, who wrote the first of his Four Quartets while staying here in the 1930s. The oldest remaining part of the manor is the gnarly door leading from the lobby, centuries of history scratched and etched into the warped wood. The manor, outbuildings and grounds are a storybook rural estate. But inside, Youth have looked more towards Antwerp than to Austen."
Hyll occupies a 17th-century Grade II-listed manor set within 60 acres of meadows, woods and paddocks. The estate retains historical features, including a gnarly warped lobby door and ties to T.S. Eliot, who wrote part of Four Quartets there. Manchester-based design studio Youth avoided literal farmhouse clichés and instead pursued a calmer, more considered aesthetic influenced by Antwerp. Owners Sarah Ramsbottom and Paul Baker envisioned the property as a place to disconnect and rediscover. Interiors, colour palettes and furniture choices were guided by the aim of pause and calm ahead of a September opening.
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