The Courtyard promotes local produce ranging from sausages to bespoke furniture as well as selling woollen clothing manufactured in Yorkshire! The development is responsible for the creation of 35 jobs locally and in the eyes of CPRE Craven, endorses and enhances all that good about the Dales with a particular emphasis on sheep!
Sir Peter Waine National CPRE Chairman visited the area to present the award to Mark Hancock and Simon Robinson, owners of the development. Sir Peter was taken on a whistle stop tour of the area to illustrate the the good and the bad! The day ended with tea at the Coniston Hotel, a remarkable local success story. 90 percent of the hotel’s workforce come from within 5 miles of the hotel.
The photograph shows from left to right:
Mark Hancock - owner
Nick Gillibrand - architect of the vision not greed concept
Fleur Olby - one of CPRE Craven’s newest members
Stephen Butcher - CPRE Craven Vice Chairman
Jules Marley CPRE - Craven Chairman
Sir Peter Waine - National CPRE Chairman
Simon Robinson - owner of Dalesbred at the Courtyard and co owner of the development.
http://www.inthecourtyard.co.uk/our-values
Craven CPRE Mark 2013
Sir Peter Waine, members of CPRE Craven and the owners and architect of the Courtyard
Photo: © CPRE Craven
23rd October 2013
CPRE Craven awarded a CPRE mark to The Courtyard at Settle. The company resurrected a crumbling barn at the side of the A65 with vision not greed. The award was given to the Courtyard because of its sympathetic design, restoration and its low impact on the surrounding countryside alongside the creation of local rural employment.
