Ilkley Cottages

Blackman's Cottage

Our first built cottage that utilizes some materials from the original Blackman’s cottage built in South Mudgee in 1849.

Blackman’s has a main bedroom with a magnificent restored brass and iron half-testor bed (double width, queen length), and two long singles in the second bedroom.

The lounge room with its’ pot belly stove has a double sofa bed if required for extras, and a third bed can be set in the twin room if necessary. Blackmans’ has the same views as Maggies, but filtered through the branches of a majestic old angophora tree.

Bedrooms: 2

• Master bedroom with queen size bed, secondary bedroom with 2 single beds.

Bathrooms: 1

• Claw-foot bath + shower

Sleeps: Maximum of 7

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Calving Gully Cottage:

Tucked into a nook in the side of the hill, shielded by tall trees is Calving Gully Cottage. So named because this is where in days past the cows went to be alone and have their calves. The feeling of safety, privacy and seclusion persists.

It is no accident that this is where we chose to build our most intimate and romantic cottage, designed for two with room for two more on a sofa bed at a pinch.

This cottage looks down through the trees to our reed fringed dam and windmill, with the lights of Mudgee visible at night off to the side.
Bedrooms: 1

• Master bedroom with queen size bed

Bathrooms: 1

• Claw-foot bath + shower

Sleeps: Maximum of 5

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Maggies:

Named in honour of the magpie tribe that rules the area, though if you leave a door open it is more likely for a wren or robin to pop in.

This is our biggest cottage; with three bedrooms and three bathrooms it can give 6 people complete privacy, or sleep up to 12 if you’re good friends or a family.

Each bedroom has a décor themed around antique brass or iron beds that we have restored to original glory. The two upstairs loft bedrooms have their own balconies with expansive views over the hills to Mudgee, while the downstairs bedroom has the same views from a private verandah.

The lounge room features a leather corner lounge suite facing the open fire, and the adjacent dining room seats 10 to the one huge table.
Bedrooms: 3

• Master bedroom with queen size bed + 2 bunks, 2 upstairs bedrooms with queen size beds.

Bathrooms: 3

Sleeps: Maximum of 12:

• 4 in master bedroom, 4 in upstairs bedrooms, 2 on futon, 2 on trundle beds.

Master bedroom downstairs with bath + shower, en-suites in both upstairs bedrooms.

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