About Us

Yearle House is a family business run by Mylo and Poppy Mahon who moved to the house in February 2020 with their two children. The house dates back to the 1760s and has undergone many changes over the years to combine the buildings into the current structure. The main focus of the most recent renovation was to install a biomass heating system to ensure that the properties can be heated sustainably, and in turn to upgrade the plumbing throughout. There are further plans to convert the old garage into a boot room for guests to store their outdoor kit in and to have space to change and dry.

Mylo started off his career as a management consultant in London, before taking the plunge to follow a lifelong dream of owning and running a country house hotel. He started working in restaurant kitchens in Switzerland before moving to chalets, villas, safari operations, business and conference centres and latterly to running hotels like Gidleigh Park and finally to Skibo Castle before the opportunity to acquire Yearle House came about. His passion for taking care of people in a friendly and relaxed way epitomises how his own business is run, not to mention having quite a lot of fun at the same time!

Poppy has always worked in food, as a private chef in lodges, chalets, houses and villas before training as a food stylist and then becoming a recipe tester and writer. Not only does Poppy cook the breakfasts but she also brings her vast experience to the table for our private house parties.

We are an eco-friendly country house bed and breakfast with holiday cottages and we are embracing green tourism where ever we can to minimise our impact on the environment.

In 2021, a biomass district heating system was installed at Yearle House, providing renewable heating and hot water to the House, Coach House and Stable Cottage. This means of generating heat is fully sustainable and is fuelled by wood pellets made in the local area, primarily from residue in wood manufacturing.

We are committed to lowering our carbon footprint and working in line with the Northumberland County Council’s plan to make the county carbon neutral by 2030.

Our other green initiatives involve using locally sourced produce wherever possible, the installation of LED lighting, transitioning our electricity supply so that it comes solely from renewables and to recycling and reusing what we can. Future plans involve the removal of all plastics, adopting non-harmful cleaning materials and products, and the installation of electric vehicle charging points.