Introduction:
The Dairy is a spacious detached Stone cottage with cavity walls, and two third is open to the rafter (thus 25 feet high in the middle), sleeping two in a galleried bedroom. Apart from this bedroom, everything else is on the ground floor.
Pre-Arrival
3 Pages, six sides of information is sent along with confirmation of booking, including such items as directions, a sketch map showing our location in relation to the immediate surrounding area, information of where to park, how to access the property, what we do about greeting, what is included in the cottage, some of the additional and perhaps unexpected services we provide, notes on the area, and, between May and September, an events list.
To those interested in coming by public transport we provide full details and options (indeed guests are encouraged to raise this with us) or details of care hire from our nearest main station, Derby (40 minutes drive away), Matlock and
Buxton stations are closer at 20/25 minutes drive away by be obtained from this web site
Parking of cars/bicycles
There are three parking bays, one for this cottage and two for two adjacent cottages about 20 yards from the Dairy, which is situated 300 yards up our drive from the local lane.. There is provision for one car per guest for each cottage, anyone bringing a second car is asked to park about 40 yards away on the other side of the cottage.
There is a bicycle garage within 25 yards of the cottage for those arriving by bike.
Fundamental Conditions
The cottage is very strictly Non-smoking (inside) and likewise no animals are ever permitted in the cottage (except guide dogs).
The maximum number of occupants is two, both of whom MUST sleep in the bed supplied, and anyone breaching this condition and the one above is required to leave the same day.
General
The Mattresses are extra thick, duvets and pillows are hollow fibre whilst the sheets, duvet covers and pillow cases are poly-cotton. Guests are invited to bring their own towels (except those travelling from overseas) although towels can be hired in return for a donation to our favourite charity
There are 10 information folders in the cottage
The Cottage itself
The entrance to the cottage has no steps, (other than what is know as a macceslfied step, of just over one inch in height, (just a strip to keep the water out of the interior of the cottage). From the parking area guests walk over the gravelled drive and then over some smooth limestone flags (which can be a bit slippery when the adjacent sycamore tree is dropping its sap) into the cottage
There is plenty of room to bring a wheechair in, without obtstacle as the closest item on entry is the stone plinth (on which the log burner rests) some six feet

away. The opening to the log burner (standing on the stone plinth) is 34 inches off the ground.
The entrance through the outside door is 31 inches wide and 80 inches high.
The living room with L shpaed kitchen is all open plan without steps,( the living room being 20 feet by 20 feet). There are 10 plugs all one feet above the floor in this open plan area. (Further plugs in the corridor and the bedroom are at a similar height.. The living area has a chandeleir over the log burner, various lights from the beams (it is open to the rafters) and various lights on the walls.
There is also a free standing light.
The flooring throughout the ground floor consists of rough hewn stoneflags, with grouting inbetween, partially overlaid with three smallish rugs (which can easily be laid aside).
The walls on one side are original limestone, without plaster, (with contrasting gritstone around door frames and full height window. The other walls are plastered, with pale lilac.
The standing area of the kitchen (i.e. exluding the area taken by kitchen units, fridge, dishwasher and work top) is 56 by 112 inches. The depth of the L shaped work surfaces is 33 inches and the height is 3 feet. There are 4 plugs one foot above the work surfaces. The kitchen area is lit by under unit flourescent tubes and ceiling spotlights
Off the living room through a door, the entrance to which is 39 by 32 (reducing to 30 because of the opening door not folding right back), is a small corridor at the end of which is the immersion heater, the corridor is 35 by 95/
Off this corridor is another door with identifcal dimension leading into the spacious and only bathroom which is 130 by 92 inches and which has a smooth tiled floor.. This has a standard length bath, separate shower cubile (therfore a step-up, initially a 7 inch step in front of the cubicle, then a 3 inch step into the cubicle) The toilet seat height is 16 inches from the floor. The top of the Bidet is
15 inches from the floor The top edge of the bath is 22 inches from the ground.
The stairs lead up to the open (galleried) bedroom, overlooking the living room.
There are 15 steps of nine inch depth, eight inches height and 31 inches wide, with a landing (34 by 34 inches) roughly halfway so that the stairs can turn 90 degrees.
There are banistairs on the left hand side, but no handrail on the right hand side.
The floor are polished varnish and therefore extremely slippery to those walking in socks. The bedroom is 166 inches in width (to the eaves, nearly of this area is high enough to stand upright in, by 132 inches extending to 168 inches. Under the eaves on one side is open (underneath which is a trunk supporting a second tv) and useful for storage for items such as suitcases, on the other side is a dressing table and fitted cupboards The floor is bare and varnished with a couple of rugs on either side of the bed (also easily moved). It is lit by spot lights from the beams and two bed side lights.
From the living room there is now a spacious opening to a sun room that now stands on part of what was the outside patio. The insulated sun room (with

conventional tiled roof, plastered inside) has a central heating radiator and lighting and can be used year round. There is no door to this room. This room has far reaching views, not least towards the ‘bluffs’ overlooking the River Dove.
Heating throughout the ground floor is by central heating radiators, (hand held timer and thermostat in the cottage) and the nature of the open plan bedrooms means that heats ries to warm the bedroom area.
Laundry and Outside Generally.
There is a patio, for sole use of the ocucpants of the Dairy accessible by exiting through the front door and going around the side of the building. There is a separate laundry with two washing machines and two tumble driers (shared with the other cottages in a modest laundry room 40 feet from this cottage).
There is a shared large garden area laid mainly to lawn with table and bench sets just 20 feet away from theDairy. (The drive to this and the two adjacent cottages passes between the Dairy and the Lawn.)