thequeensenglish: Beatrix Potter’s Yew Tree Farm, Coniston, Cumbria, England. Yew Tree was own
thequeensenglish: Beatrix Potter’s Yew Tree Farm, Coniston, Cumbria, England. Yew Tree was owned by Beatrix Potter in the 1930s and is still home to many of her furnishings. In 1929, when Beatrix Potter was 64 years old, the Monk Coniston estate came up for sale. The estate included 2500 acres of land around the head of Coniston Water. It consisted of the well-known beauty spot Tarn Hows, seven farms including Yew Tree, Boon Crag, High Arnside, High Tilberthwaite and High Yewdale, as well as cottages, quarries and open fell land. She later sold the half containing Tarn Hows to the National Trust, and bequeathed the rest of the estate to the Trust in her will. Yew Tree is still a working farm and is home to a special little flock of Herdwick sheep- a breed Beatrice help save together with her shepherd Tom Storey. Beatrix bred Herdwick sheep on her farms in the Lake District, which at that time were a threatened native breed. Yew Tree Farm featured as ‘Hill Top’ in the film ‘Miss Potter’ starring Rene Zellweger. -- source link