[1] The house was once the home of children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter who left it to the National Trust.

The Hill Top garden is of interest, being maintained in a style in keeping with Potter's illustrations.

Hill Top 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 (14 ha) working farm in 1905 as her home away from London and her artistic retreat.

1785, the Chippendale-style chairs, the Georgian-style dresser, a 17th-century oak press cupboard and other furnishings are depicted in some of Potter's illustrations.

The single window looks out over the village of Near Sawrey, a scene Beatrix drew for The Tale of Samuel Whiskers.

Notable items in the room include the dolls house which contains the ham depicted in The Tale of Two Bad Mice and a display cabinet featuring miniature bronzes of Beatrix's characters.

There are additional rooms not on the visitor route, including a cellar, a landing cupboard and a washroom, which did not contain plumbing, but was simply a space to wash using a bowl of water.

[8] In 2007 a replica of Hill Top was built in a children's zoo near the grounds of Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, Japan.