The stable yard at Cotesbach Hall is full of surprises, not least an excellent café within easy reach of the M1, much better as a pit stop than a motorway service station:-

In one of the barns is the remains of the Rolls Royce engine Merlin taken from the Spitfires which flew in the Battle of Britain:-

Above is the old Manor House, a sleeping beauty of an old house built in 1630 and awaiting restoration:-

There is a Blacksmith’s:-

Best of all is the room used as a pub, which looks as if it hasn’t been used much during lockdown:-