HILLTOP, Beatrix Potter's House.

thanks for the history, and the photos

Lovely! I love that table in the kitchen with the rolling pin on it. I love simple furniture like that. :) And how poignant to have her hat and boots on her chair. I think I was 9 the first time I saw Hawkshead. I remember the hedgerows having roses and honeysuckle in them. I was overwhelmed with the beauty of it even as a child. Sadly I missed out on Peter as a child, but bought them for my own children.

What an enjoyable blog thanks for posting it.

What a treat - thank you Chris for sharing :)

What a wonderful visit. I've always loved Beatrix Potter and her animal creations. When my eldest grand daughter was born, I made a birth sampler for her, surrounded with Beatrix Potter characters. She loves it...and Peter Rabbit.

I enjoyed reading this. I visited it a few years back and it was wonderful. busy as it was during the school holidays.

Some of those kitchen items made me feel homesick! Even had that very same crocheted centrepiece. I think it was called a Pineapple design.

Really interesting account. Thank you, WildRose.

Having visited the house myself last year, your tour did it justice. Lovely! I grew up with Peter Rabbit and recently saw a film about Beatrix' life, so moving. Thank you again.
Btw I used to think when I grew up in Holland that our then Queen Beatrix was Peter rabbits mum! Ha, ha!!

Agree with Amsterdam and the film of Beatrice's life, so poignant. Saved a lot of the Lakeland for posterity.

I missed out on Peter too but have read some since and really loved the film. Our children had an LP with some of the stories on it too. What a lovely chair that is in the kitchen. Thank you so much for the tour, it was great.

Lovely tour I am a fan in my old age completely missed it as a small war child,Not even sure the books were available in the 1940 s

This is one place I would love to visit. My best friend from school is a big Beatrice Potter fan. She is godmother to my girls and most birthdays she would give them something to do with Beatrice Potter when they where little. She even has renamed her house "Hill Top". Thank you for posting your visit.

Lovely blog. Although we saw lots of interesting things about her life and the Lake District in the film "Miss Potter", it must have been amazing to actually be there. Thank you for a really interesting blog.

What an interesting blog - we visited Hill Top a few years back - the house and its contents will stay with me for ever - especially the books - and then the gardens - thankyou for the memory

Peter Rabbit and I appreciate ALL your really lovely comments on here. Those books seem to hold very happy memories for many of us. I too enjoyed the Miss Potter film and wouldn't mind seeing it again on TV sometime.
Thank you everyone
x

Thank you for this, I remember her books being read to me when I was very young and then read them to my own children. She has given such pleasure to so many.

Very interesting :)

Lovely photos beautiful area I bought my Grandaughter the tiny old books of Beetrix Potter she loved them.

Lovely. Nothing really changes there, I visited as a child, took my own children - I have a photograph of them by the front door aged about 2 and 6, and many years later took my grandson who is now 21! I still have all the books.

Wow I missed this blog...Been to the Lakes many times and still have not been inside that house, your blog has stirred me on and I have to visit myself, saying that I loved reading this and looking at the lovely photo's,you have done a wonderful blog and I now feel as though I have been myself, thankyou for that.
Beatrix Potter I'm sure will remain a favourite of children all over the world for generations yet to come, we bought the collection commemorating her I00yrs for our grandaughter , a set I hope she will always treasure.

Lincslass, I am so pleased that you enjoyed this blog so much.
I love Beatrix Potter's stories and the illustrations in the books are just delightful.
I think your grand daughter will treasure the books because she will sense how much you like them too.
Hope you can go there one day, it is in a beautiful part of the Lakes.