Gilcar Farm Holiday Cottages

The Gilcar Farm holiday cottages have been lovingly converted by owners Andrew and Angela Brook from redundant farm buildings, which were originally part of their working dairy farm, into luxurious holiday accommodation in an amazing setting in Emley, Huddersfield.

The Brooks have owned and run Gilcar Farm for the last 20 years, but their family has been farming the land since the 1930s. In 2002 they moved in order to extend their dairy unit leaving the buildings - which date back to the 18th century - redundant and no longer fit for farming.

However they saw the potential to develop and renovate the buildings with the help of local builders Barker Construction, turning them into unique holiday cottages in a peaceful, countryside location.

The working farm

Three generations of the same family have worked at Gilcar Farm in Emley, and it still remains to this day a successful working dairy farm - in fact our Six Mistle holiday cottage used to be the milking parlour!
Now the main farm is located across a country lane from the holiday cottages - so you won’t be disturbed when we start milking at 5am in the morning!
Although the majority of our cattle are located on the working farm site, we have sheep, young calves and mums-to-be in the fields adjacent to the cottages.
The original buildings date back to the 18th century and were once part of the late Lord Savile’s estate.