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PRIVATE CHEF SERVICES AVAILABLE

Why not let someone else do the cooking whilst you enjoy the picturesque setting of Swiss Cottage?

Private chefs are available to hire direct from Chatsworth Catering. For more information please contact the Catering Team on 01246 565300

Swiss Cottage

No house on the Chatsworth estate is more romantically situated than Swiss Cottage. A picturesque building overlooking its own lake, set high up on the hill behind Chatsworth, it now offers a peaceful and secluded site in which to enjoy the ultimate self catering holiday.

The Cottage was built between 1839 and 1842 as part of the 6th Duke of Devonshire's many improvements to the Chatsworth Estate. It was designed by Joseph Paxton or his associate John Robertson, as an 'eye-catcher' in the landscape, to be admired on carriage rides or walks around the estate.

The drive up to Swiss Cottage takes you through historic Stand Wood, with its magnificent trees, where you may encounter a 'ruined' aqueduct, and other waterfalls and stone steps, all designed by Paxton.

At the top of the hill, there are sensational views and a series of man-made lakes. The Emperor lake feeds the famous fountain of the same name in the Chatsworth garden, but the Swiss lake, to which the cottage gave its name was dug out to supply water to the 1st Duke's Cascade in the 1690s. You have unlimited access to this landscape during your stay.

Built as a gamekeeper's cottage, the building has now been completely restored by the Duchess of Devonshire, right down to the shelves of books on Swiss themes.

The accommodation consists of:

Ground floor

Kitchen, dining room, sitting room, study, downstairs wc, twin bedroom with en-suite shower room.

First Floor

Two en-suite double bedrooms, the cottage has its own private garden, and access to miles of walks in the woods and across the moors.

Wifi access is available at Swiss Cottage.