The Courtyard

Unique setting for private events and parties

Emma — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:02:31 +0000

The Brasserie is available to hire for evening events with various sit down or buffet menus and entertainment to choose from and we can accommodate events such as …

Family special occasions – christenings, wedding receptions, special birthdays or anniversaries
Sporting and club dinners
Company dinners or reunions

We can also accommodate large lunch parties during the day and also business breakfasts and lunches. We offer free wifi for all customers. Speak to The Brasserie Team for more information and we can work with you to ensure your event is successful and enjoyable.

Own Art now available at The Lime Gallery

Emma — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:24 +0000

The Lime Gallery are also now pleased to offer ‘Own Art’ – operated by The Arts Council, Own Art is an easy and affordable way to buy and collect contemporary art and crafts offering 0% interest loans to spread the cost of your purchase.

Own Art loans can be used for the purchase of any kind of contemporary art or craft from paintings and drawings to sculpture and ceramics. Own Art loans allow you to borrow from as little as £100 up to a maximum of £2,000 for the purchase of works of art by living artists. The first stage is the difficult bit – deciding what to buy! - but the application process is simple and will be dealt with by our staff at The Lime Gallery. More information can also be found via the Own Art website here.

Inspiration from local landscapes at Lime Gallery

Emma — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:22:01 +0000

The Lime Gallery looks forward to summer inspired by the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales and south Lakes fells with its latest exhibition – Summer Dales. There is an expression here – “Dales time” – things will happen in our own good time, there is no call for hurry and rush. Our artists have captured its essence. The pace slows, the heat haze lingers, some nights it is never truly dark, and the hills and valleys, fields and woods, invite you to pause at the gatepost, gaze to the horizon, and escape from the urgency of the modern world. We can do no better than quote Betjeman: “…. as I woke up in the morning there was such scenery as doesn’t exist in the rest of England. Looking across at the great hillside with sheep on it, and down over the hills, and down below into the mist, I thought ‘I have come abroad, I have come back to what England was once like, this is a separate, secret, country….’ “ Sir John Betjeman, Speech Day, Giggleswick School, 1975 Visit us to enjoy Nigel Overton’s landscape paintings, Ross Brown’s stunning photography, Jane Rushton’s interpretations of topography and geology, and Tim Slatter’s dramatic etchings of Littondale and Ribblesdale. Alongside, we have Sue Ure ceramics and Amy Williams’ exquisite wildlife papercuts. Summer Dales is a free exhibition which opens on Saturday 25 May and runs until 25 August 2013.

The Courtyard – One year down the line

Emma — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:42:33 +0000

We can’t believe it ourselves but, this Saturday 18th May, marks 1 year since The Courtyard opened! We are celebrating with a private party on Saturday evening for our loyal customers and ever supportive friends and are very proud that we have risen above the difficult economic climate to now have 6 successful businesses operating from The Courtyard with the final unit, The Brasserie Shop, due to open over the coming weeks. We have watched Dalesbred‘s business grow so that they are now taking on more staff including offering an apprenticeship, The Brasserie is going from strength to strength and The Lime Gallery is having much success in featuring the work of celebrated local artists alongside up and coming national talent and are soon launching their on-line shop. Buon Vino is leading the way and supplying a strong local customer base alongside Michelin-starred restaurants throughout Yorkshire and the North West and has now introduced a loyalty points scheme (double points this anniversary weekend!) and Moons have developed their shop to showcase their amazing quality woollens to now major on stunning jackets. The final mention goes to Andy and Kathy at The Courtyard Dairy, our newest retailers and a brand new start-up business but already receiving national recognition in publications such as Yorkshire Life and The Guardian. Fulfilling our brief of successful rural regeneration using local contractors, secure jobs for locals, supporting new and small businesses and seeing a range of happy and appreciative customers. Congratulations to all our retailers on a fabulous first year and thank you to all who have supported us.

Skyline – A journey through landscape painting

Emma — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:36:20 +0000

with Kate Bentley

14 April – 10 May 2013

Preview Saturday 13 April 2-5.30pm

How does one capture a landscape, the essence of a place, the images it conjures? This exhibition features a series of works by Kate Bentley, arising out of a single journey along the Norwegian coast. This is not an exercise in representation. Most of the places in these paintings don’t exist. Instead the work attempts to find new ways to touch us and connect us to this remarkable environment. “Breathe deeply, focus remember who you are, for this landscape has no need of you”. An extract from a poem by Pauline Yarwood. RSVP to info@thelimegallery.com or call 01729 892901

Tasting at Buon Vino this Friday 5th April

Emma — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:46:44 +0000

Wines from the lesser known regions … Jura, Savoie, Ribera del Queiles (Navarra), Friuli, Maule (Chile), Tasmania, Greece and more …

Buon VIno’s Friday night tastings return this Friday the 5th April at 7pm with some fascinating wines from the lesser known wine regions of the World. We will savour the flavours and aromas of The Jura mountains and Savoie in France, get to grips with some hearty red from the Ribera del Queiles, a little known corner of Navarra, tackle the unusual but moreish flavours of Friulian Sauvignon Blanc, be entranced but the subtle friuty wines of the Maule in Chile and finish off via the mountain slopes of Santorini with a drop of Tasmanian Pinot Noir! This fascinating tasting will be accompanied as always by some stunning cheeses from the Courtyard Dairy including some of Andy’s premium rare cheeses from France.

The Wines

Chardonnay Chevassu, 2008 Jura £13.95
Chardonnay Les Courvees Sous, Curons 2009 Jura £26.00
Jacquere Monfarina 2011, Savoie £15.95
Skerk Sauvignon Blanc 2007, Friuli £25.00
Ribera del Queiles Evo 2006, Navarra £16.95
Aidani Haitzidakis 2010, Santorini £18.95
Primavera Clos Ouvert 2010, Maule £19.95
42 Degrees South Pinot Noir, 2009 Tasmania £17.95

The Cheeses

Vacherin Mont D’Or

Last of the season, a rich and powerful soft cheese from the mountain pastures of the Jur a

Gryere du Jura

One of the blockbuster cheeses from the Courtyard Dairy, 18 month matured, a real depth of rich nutty flavour

Cote Hill Blue

A recent addition to the range, soft, creamy and rich blue cheese from Lincolnshire

Price only £12 a head

To book please contact rob@buonvino.co.uk or call 01729 892905, very limited places in the tasting room at Buon Vino so book quickly!

The Big Cheese – Review of The Courtyard Dairy on Squidbeak.co.uk

Emma — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:58:15 +0000

The Big Cheese

Posted on 13 March, 2013 by Mandy Wragg

To Settle to join the celebrations marking the opening of The Courtyard Dairy, cheese maturer Andy Swinscoe’s fabulous shop. Originally from Appleby-in-Westmorland, Andy learned his trade in France under the watchful eye of Herve Mons, widely regarded as one of the finest cheese affineurs (maturers) in the world.

Cutting the ribbon and singing praises was the elegant and rather beautiful Duchess of Northumberland, and we all tucked into raclette (hot off the grill and served up with a side of spiky pickle by Andy’s dad) and grazed on a stonking goats cheese, Dorstone Hall made by Charlie Westhead at the Neal’s Yard Creamery in Herefordshire, tangy Dale End cheddar, smooth and toothsome Bleu des Causses and my fave, a mellow camembert-alike, Tunworth from Hampshire. All accompanied by Leeds-made crackers! Produce from all over the country and parts of Europe (not just cheese, there’s a small but interesting range of charcuterie too) is available online. But we’d urge you to visit, the shop is terrific, and there’s nothing like the smell of a good cheese to get the juices flowing .. Words and images courtesy of www.squidbeak.co.uk

Food lovers only need apply!

Emma — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:45:52 +0000

The Courtyard near Settle would like to hear from anybody who is interested in artisan food or perhaps has been considering a retail outlet for items that they may make themselves but haven’t yet taken the next step. The Brasserie Shop will be opening soon and we are looking for people with an appreciation of good quality food to get involved with us – whether you make your own cakes, bread or chocolates or just love good food and the unique environment of The Courtyard, please do get in touch for a chat – Emma Darbyshire on 01756 770096 or email emma.darbyshire@amerdale.co.uk

The Courtyard awarded accolade

Emma — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:37:33 +0000

Settle’s newest retail and dining scheme at ‘The Courtyard’ has just been awarded a Highly Commended accolade by the Countryside Alliance for an outstanding new Enterprise in Yorkshire. Nominated by the public, The Courtyard was shortlisted with four other Yorkshire businesses and the retailers are thrilled to have their enterprise and community at The Courtyard recognised by the CA. Emma Darbyshire, Head of Press and Marketing at The Courtyard said “We are really thrilled to have been nominated, shortlisted and then awarded this title in recognition of all the hard work and determination that everybody here at The Courtyard has put in to getting their businesses up and running and helping The Courtyard to become a fantastic new business and employer for the Yorkshire Dales and Craven. We hope that this is the start of great things for us in the future”.

The big cheese on the board – Yorkshire Post

Emma — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:57:32 +0000

By Joan Ransley, Yorkshire Post Published on Wednesday 6 February 2013 09:56 I was browsing the cheese section of a busy supermarket trying to put a cheeseboard together for friends when I felt overwhelmed by the choice and didn’t know where to begin. Fortunately I found someone who could help. Andy Swinscoe, Yorkshire’s youngest and probably only cheese refiner who is based at the newly opened Courtyard Dairy, Settle.

Although only 26, Andy has been living and breathing cheese since he left Sheffield Hallam University with a first class honours in Culinary Arts and Hospitality five years ago. Andy explained that for a good cheeseboard I would need between three and five cheeses. “Too many and you won’t taste the range. You also need to think about the order in which you taste the cheese,” says Andy. “A fresh and clean tasting crumbly Wensleydale or a fresh goats cheese like Dorstone is an ideal way to start as it cleans the palate. Then move on to something soft and oozy with a stronger flavour such as Tunworth, the English camembert. “A hard cheese should follow such as Yorkshire’s very own Dale End Cheddar made in Botton village in the lee of the North York Moors. Blue cheeses should always be tasted last because their strong flavour.” Andy advises buying 25g of each cheese per person. So you will need between 400g and 500g. You can put together a good, varied board for about £15 and make savings by buying more of the hard cheese which is less expensive. I also needed some advice on which cheese to use for one of my favourite standby dishes a twice baked soufflé. “A really good cheese to use for that is another beautiful English cheese called Old Winchester” – a cross between Cheddar and nutty flavoured Gouda which has worked perfectly in the recipe below http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/eating-in-or-out/the-big-cheese-on-the-board-1-5383707