Hillfield Cottages & Country House has a commitment to create a sustainable business which seeks to reduce its overall effect on the environment and exceed the expectations of our guests. We will strive to minimise the harmful effects and maximise the beneficial influences which our activities have on the environment. As part of our ongoing environmental commitment at Hillfield we have implemented many measures including:
• Providing recycling facilities for our Guests use.
• Installing energy efficient solutions including ground source heat pumps.
• Using chlorine, toxic and phosphate free based cleaning products.
• Undertaking regular litter picking in and around the Village environment.
• Be efficient in the use of all resources including water, electricity and gas.
• Meet all regulatory and consent requirement relevant to our business.
• Where possible and practical to purchase locally and promote local suppliers to the guests. Information on local suppliers and the local delivery services are provided to guests on this website.
• All our new units will include “Ground Source Heating System” comprising of vertical geothermal boreholes to provide a closed ground loop which will extract the latent heat from the ground to use in under floor heating and hot water. The heat pump removes solar energy stored in the earth around the buildings and compresses it in to a higher temperature and transfers it into your central heating system and hot water tank.
• We have invested heavily for the future with a new Sewage Treatment Plant (not the most exciting subject), but this is a state of the art development with a “green reed bed filtration system” to polish the discharged water and achieve ammonia levels of below 0.3mg/l.
• Hillfield looks after the Environment including the colony of Pipistrelle Bat’s which are a protected species on the endangered list. To this end we have constructed four Bat Hotels, these have been supplemented with extensive hibernation and roosting boxes around the site.
• The Hillfield mission is striving to minimise the harmful effects and maximise the beneficial influences which our activities have on the environment.
• Hillfield is a supporter of the South Hams Green Tourism Business imitative. Businesses are encouraged to help reduce the environmental impact of tourism for the enjoyment of future generations. The Scheme is a commitment to good environmental practice in business activities. We will ensure that we comply with environmental law and our legal Duty of Care requirements for waste disposal.
Hillfield is a small hamlet peacefully situated in an area of beautiful South Devon countryside with fantastic view’s, with all the peace and tranquillity for a relaxing holiday. It is an ideal place for children with a play area and outdoor pool (please check the opening times for all outdoor activities). This beautiful estate considered being the finest in the area, and once the eighteenth century home of Sir John Henry Seale is situated in the famous South Hams District of South Devon, close by the pretty river Dart. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty with many gorgeous bays and beaches. Royal Dartmouth, with its Castle, is only three miles away, and the exciting seaside resorts of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham are just the other side of the river.
Your superb local award-winning beach is only ten minutes away by car. Blackpool Sands is arguably the best beach in the South West, the recipient of the European Blue Flag Award for water quality and the Seaside Award for facilities. Around and about there are sailing, walking, riding (tuition and hacking), tennis, fishing (from river, lake or sea), scenic river trips up the river Dart and Dartmoor to explore. Visit Buckfast Abbey or treat yourself to a shopping spree in Plymouth or Exeter, the Dart Stream Railway will bring back nostalgic memories of the past, or new ones for the young. Woodlands Leisure Park is only five minutes away offering fun for all the family.
We are pleased to introduce the carefully renovated apartments at Hillfield Country House offering the utmost in style and luxury. Ranging from one, two and three bedrooms, this gloriously comprehensive all year round accommodation, contains all modern conveniences in a traditional setting. Wonderful views and fantastic décor blend well with the luxurious curtains and soft furnishing, locally sourced pine furniture blend well with sumptuous leather chairs. Hand crafted pine kitchens with fan assisted oven, ceramic hob, microwave, dishwasher, fridge, freezer and washer dryer. Superb bathrooms containing Jacuzzi baths, overhead showers, heated mirrors and piped music. Magnificent master bedrooms with king size beds, twenty-inch flat screened televisions and CD player
It is perhaps no surprise that guests tend to return again and again and when they experience the quality all year round accommodation offered.
The development of traditional Devon Cottages is available all year round, with accommodation ranging from one bedroom to five bedrooms two to twelve guests. Finished to high standards they are ideal for a couple through to the larger family. Your comfortable Cottages and Apartments are thoughtfully sited and all your holiday needs are catered for, but to get the best from your holiday you do need a car.
History of Hillfield House
John Seale was a very influential person in Dartmouth at the time, holding extensive property and land both in and around Dartmouth. Mostly the property of Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart., lord of the manors of Townstal and Norton-Dawney; who has a large castellated mansion here, called Mount Boon, situated on a commanding eminence, west of the town, and formerly a seat of the Boone and Harris families, the latter of who sold the estate to the Seales about 1700. The late Sir John Henry Seale was created a baronet in 1838, and died in 1844. Sir H. P. Seale is also lord of the manor of South Town, comprising the parish of St. Petrox, and formerly belonging to the Fitzstephen, Fleming, Mohun, Carew, and Southcote families.
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