Opened in September 2025, HYLL brings a new interpretation of country hospitality to the Cotswolds, a hotel rooted in its landscape, designed to slow the pace and dim the noise. Set within a restored 16th century manor house, the 26 room property reimagines the rural retreat with architectural clarity and a deeply sensory approach to space. Manchester studios YOUTH and Tim Groom Architects led the transformation, with YOUTH shaping the interiors of 18 guestrooms as well as the hotel’s main social spaces.
For YOUTH, known for their stripped-back modernism and sensitivity to material, HYLL became an exercise in restraint. The bedrooms are deliberately uncluttered, designed for calm and simplicity, while the public spaces flow naturally; defined by atmosphere, carrying an intentional absence of distraction and allowing presence to take root. “Our intention was to create a retreat that strips away the noise of the modern world,” says Oliver Collinge, co-founder of the design studio. “It’s raw and sensory-driven, and with this alignment of philosophy, the collaboration felt less like a choice, and more like a natural outcome.”
The palette is drawn directly from the Cotswold hills with muted limestone, weathered timber, soft earth, and deep charcoal. Aged metals, hand-textured plaster, and custom stone plinths evoke permanence. Lighting is treated as architecture — warm and low in bedrooms, sculptural in communal areas — which allows the building to breathe. Each surface has been designed to age gracefully, marked by time and touch.
Across the manor’s grounds, a new addition called The Bower, by Tim Groom Architects, continues the same ethos. Set to open in early 2026, it will offer a space for weddings and gatherings, structured in timber and stone. Groom describes the collaboration as “a conversation between buildings, one historic, one new, both born from the same landscape.”
With a restaurant championing local produce, fires to linger in front of with a glass of full-bodies red wine, and spaces designed to soothe, HYLL hotel signals a subtle but deliberate shift in rural hospitality. Do something, do nothing, it’s up to you as the weight of history and nature push you into the direction of disconnection.
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HYLL Cotswolds Photography, Murray Orr.
