STAY WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
The Holiday Property Bond (HPB) enables you to holiday in historic locations across the UK and Europe, ranging from a Franciscan friary to a Queen Anne Grade II* listed country house.
A unique British idea, HPB is a life-assurance bond linked to a fund investing in high-quality property and securities. By becoming a Bondholder for just a few thousand pounds, you can holiday in history time and time again. Your booking power is reissued to you every year, so you can enjoy a lifetime of historic holidays, both in the UK and across Europe.
SEE YORKSHIRE’S HISTORY
You might recognise Lodge Yard and the Kings Arms from the BBC’s All Creatures Great and Small, but the history here goes much further back. From the tackle hooks in the ceiling to the bull ring in the marketplace, you’ll find evidence of Yorkshire’s past all around you.
Lodge Yard in Askrigg is exclusively available to Holiday Property Bondholders and has 29 holiday apartments and cottages. Next door, you’ll find a warm welcome and hearty food at the Kings Arms, where there are another 11 holiday properties for Bondholders.
See Lodge YardCLAIM A 5% BONUS ON YOUR HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT
From a unique, restored collection of Scottish farm buildings to a Queen Anne manor in Cornwall, joining the Holiday Property Bond allows you to enjoy year after year of exclusive holidays in historic buildings. In fact, with over 1,500 superb holiday homes in 32 European locations to choose from, you’ll always have somewhere new to discover.
As an English Heritage member, you can receive a 5% bonus on your holiday entitlement when you become a Bondholder, meaning even more opportunities to enjoy HPB’s wonderful locations and accommodation.
Request a brochureSPOTLIGHT ON LODGE YARD AND THE KINGS ARMS
Located in the heart of Askrigg, Lodge Yard and the Kings Arms were built by local man John Pratt, who had a love of horse racing and who kept his own racehorses. There are signs of the area’s racing and hunting heritage still much in evidence. A number of today’s apartments are named after John Pratt’s racehorses, and the gardens feature a circular pit once used to keep his pack of hounds.
Around 1800, the property was acquired by Joseph Lodge, who gave his name to the yard. He is credited as being the founder of the Askrigg Equitable, Benevolent and Friendly Society, which was set up to try to help poor people living in the village. The society still exists today.
Following their heyday, the buildings slowly fell into disrepair. HPB took over the site in 1995 and carefully restored the rooms and grounds. Become a Bondholder and you will be able to stay in one of the luxury apartments here. Find out more by requesting your brochure today.
Request a brochureTHINGS TO SEE AT LODGE YARD AND THE KINGS ARMS
Records of the Askrigg Equitable, Benevolent and Friendly Society: the society was founded in 1809 and as such is the oldest Friendly Society in the world
Jockeys employed by John Pratt would hang their tackle from the hooks in the ceiling at the Kings Arms
The village became a centre for clock making in the 19th century, as evidenced by the old clock face in St Oswald’s church
The gardener at Lodge Yard is constantly unearthing historic objects, including bottles, coins and clay pipes
In the 1970s BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, Askrigg featured as the home of James Herriot, and the pub became the Drovers Arms, the vets’ local
A MARKET WITH ROYAL CONNECTIONS
In 1587, Elizabeth I granted Askrigg a royal charter for a weekly Thursday market and three fairs during the year. The local economy thrived on textiles and wool, and became a regional centre for clock making. An example of the craft still stands in St Oswald’s church, where you’ll find the old clock face from the tower.
Don’t miss the reredos in St Oswald’s too, with its Minto tiles commemorating local man George Winn, who drowned crossing Aysgarth Ford in 1876.
Back in the marketplace, the iron bull-ring in the cobblestones dates to the 18th century, when bulls would be tied and baited with dogs. There was also a local custom that if a man wanted a fight, he would turn the ring over. Any takers to the challenge would turn it back again and the fight would begin.
Further afield, you’ll find some fascinating royal connections. There is a legend that Mary Queen of Scots stayed at Nappa Hall when under arrest. She was also imprisoned in Bolton Castle, five miles or so from Askrigg, and the chambers are decorated as they might have been during her imprisonment.
The landscape is equally evocative of the past. A quarter of a mile to the west is a Bronze Age ring cairn, while Hardraw Falls were painted by Turner, written about by Wordsworth and filmed by Kevin Costner for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
It’s all waiting to be explored and discovered. Your first step is to find out more about how to become a Bondholder with the Holiday Property Bond. To see the high standards of accommodation and facilities you could enjoy over and over, ask about taking a private tour of an HPB property near you. Details of the latest tours are available at the link below.
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EXCLUSIVE HOLIDAYS FOR LIFE
An initial payment from £5,000 and a quarterly fee of under £38 (that is around £150 a year), which can increase in line with but not exceed the Retail Price Index Excluding Mortgage Interest (RPIX), gives you access to all HPB’s holiday homes. For each HPB holiday, you will pay a no-profit user charge covering only property running and maintenance costs and use of on-site facilities. The average charge is the same throughout the year, and for a studio is around £360 a week and £540 for a two-bedroom property. Larger properties are also available. After an initial charge of 25%, your money is invested in a fund of holiday properties and securities. The fund itself meets annual charges of 2.5% of its net assets at cost, calculated monthly. Your investment return is purely in the form of holidays and, as with most investments, your capital is at risk. You can surrender your investment to the company after two years or more (subject to deferral in exceptional circumstances) but you will get back less than you invested because of the charges referred to above, as well as other overheads and changes in the value of the fund’s properties and securities.
This advertisement is issued by HPB Management Limited (HPBM), the main UK agent and the property manager for HPB, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, registered at HPB House, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8EH. HPB is available exclusively through HPBM. HPB is issued by HPB Assurance Limited (HPBA) registered in the Isle of Man and authorised by the Financial Services Authority there. HPBM promotes only HPB and is not independent of HPBA. Holders of policies issued by HPBA will not be protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if the company becomes unable to meet its liabilities to them but Isle of Man compensation arrangements apply to new policies.
