Hill Top house once belonged to Beatrix Potter, the children's author and illustrator known for a series of small format books, especially the character Peter Rabbit. Potter bought the house and its 34-acre working farm in 1905 as her home away from London and her artistic retreat.
It is situated in Sawtry in modern day Cumbria, part of the North-west of England.
She left the house to the National Trust upon her death in 1943.
The house, farm and nearby villages feature in Potter's books, The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding.
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