A NEW £2.5 million holiday-cottage development is being expanded at the Duchy of Lancaster’s Scalby Lodge in Scarborough.

The scheme complements five existing holiday cottages already on the site and will see 11 more cottages, a reception building and leisure facility built on the site, to be let exclusively through English Country Cottages.

Nine of the existing farm buildings are being converted and there will be two new builds, to provide two to five-bedroom self catering accommodation, which are expected to be completed by this autumn.

Paul Clarke, chief executive of the Duchy of Lancaster, said: “This investment will transform a range of redundant farm buildings into luxury cottages offering the highest standard of accommodation in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

“Our existing holiday cottages at Scalby Lodge Farm have had consistently high occupancy rates proving that there is a strong desire for superior holiday lets in the area.

“We’re confident that the quality of the new accommodation coupled with the dramatic cliff top setting will ensure that Scalby Lodge continues to be in high demand.”