Jessie Moon is used to people referencing The Hobbit when they lay eyes on Underhill. It's hard not to draw similarities; a little hut built into the side of a hill with an idyllic pond, arch bridge and jetty. SAM STUTCHBURY / HIDEAWAYS Jessie Moon’s late father Graham Hannah dreamt up Underhill, the house in the hill on their Waikato farm; for the first few years it was just a pond and a hole in the side of a hill, but gradually it took shape. Over the Moon, Under the Hill is an edited extract from Hideaways by Sam Stuchbury & Hilary Ngan Kee, Penguin Random House, $55. SAM STUTCHBURY / HIDEAWAYS The coal range heats the little hut in winter and can also be used as an oven.

Source: Stuff December 25, 2017 15:56 UTC