Lilliput Lane Cottages A to B
We have arranged our pieces alphabetically so on the menu to the left you will see the category Lilliput Lane and under it a number of different sections. The section Cottages A to B will have a red marker next to it which shows that it is the page you are on. Select any other page to move through the alphabet and see all the cottages.
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LL3262 Lilliput Lane A Little Something | $29.00
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L3262 A Little Something
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Offering 'a little something' for lovers of all things literate, this adorable little shop sells 'Books & Gifts' and can be found nestling between a mid-nineteenth-century Congregational Chapel and another shop on Cranbrook High Street, Tunbridge Wells.
Grade II Listed, it dates back to the seventeenth century and was probably larger at that time, but today it appears in a rather truncated 'squeezed in' form, lending it truly Lilliputian proportions.
Tunbridge Wells, or to give it its full name of Royal Tunbridge Wells (as it was given its 'Royal' prefix in 1909 by King Edward VII), became a fashionable spa town in Georgian times, and although 'taking the waters' is no longer fashionable, visitors still flock here a-plenty to admire the charm and atmosphere of this wonderfully historic place.
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Alls Well That Ends Well | $42.00
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L3370 ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL
WORCESTERSHIRE, MIDLANDS
Height: 6.5cm Length: 9.0cm
This cafe on St Anns Road, Malvern, is a welcome sight to walkers
on the final descent of the long distance walk, The Worcestershire
Way; whether they partake of some light refreshment, or simply
sample some of the wells Malvern spring water.
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LL3097 Lilliput Lane Ashley Combe Lodge | $85.00
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Lilliput Lane Ashley Combe Lodge LL3097
This quaint gated thatched toll house, built from local stone with red brick dressings and unusual curved walls is near Porlock Weir. Curiously, it has not just one gate, but two - - one for those on foot, the other for vehicular visitors.
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LL3296 The Little Bell Inn | $36.50
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The Little Bell Inn, by Lilliput Lane, model LL3296
Chearsley, Buckinghamshire
The pleasant Buckinghamshire village of Chearsley was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Cerdeslai, a variation on the Anglo-Saxon word meaning 'Cerdic's Clearing', thus commemorating the ancient King Cerdric, no less, who became the first King of Wessex in 519.
Overlooking the village green, close to where the four main roads into Chearsley meet, the Bell Inn is everything that a village pub should be - an attractive, traditional building complete with a perfectly kept thatched roof over colourwashed rendered walls.
There may be some dispute as to the age of the Bell. Though definitely traced as early as the seventeenth century, the current owners proudly claim it to be some three hundred years older. Whatever its origins, tradition still plays a significant part in the running of this delightful establishment.
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Lilliput Lane Bonnie Scotland by Lilliput Lane, model LL2549
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Lilliput Lane Bodnant Garden by Lilliput Lane, model LL3224
Situated eight miles south of Conwy, Bodnant Garden is renowned as one of the most beautiful gardens in Britain and includes approximately eighty acres of magnificent formal and informal gardens created by four generations of the Aberconwy family.
Visitors to the gardens are spoilt for choice, but the fifty-five metre long Laburnum arch aside, by far the most photographed part of the gardens has to be the breathtaking Canal Terrace and Pin Mill that has inspired this sculpture.
Italianate in style and having majestic mirror image archways the Pin Mill was rescued from demolition and carefully rebuilt in it present site overlooking the long rectangular pond canal in 1939. Built in 1730, the original pin manufactory was from Gloucestershire, which was the major player in pin making in the seventeenth century.
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LL3232 Bell Tower Cottage | $53.00
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Lilliput Lane Bell Tower Cottage by Lilliput Lane, model LL3232
Our delightful Bell Tower Cottage is situated in the pretty village of Brancepeth, which started out as a small group of cottages and church built to serve the estate workers of the castle. The name of Brancepeth refers to the wild boar known as 'brawn' that roamed freely in those ancient times.
Built of coursed sandstone rubble and ashlar, which was used for the dressings as well as the magnificent Tudoresque tall chimneystacks, this idyllic dwelling used to be anything but peaceful - as it used to be a schoolhouse with its very own schoolmaster's house attached too!
Bell Tower Cottage
It was built in the mid nineteenth century and its bell rang out to beckon the village's children to school right up until the mid twentieth century when it was converted into three private dwellings
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LL3358 Lilliput Lane Bishop Bonners Cottage | $44.00
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L3358 Bishop Bonner's Cottage
Dereham, Norfolk
7.5 cm High (2.9 ins) 9 cm Wide (3.5 ins) 6 cm Deep (2.3 ins)
Situated in St Withburga Lane, Bishop Bonner's Cottage (dated 1502) is the oldest surviving domestic building in Dereham and despite its pleasant appearance has a rather disturbing tale to tell, for it was once the home of Edmund Bonner, the infamous 'Bloody Bishop'
of London.
Bonner was the Rector of Dereham in the 1530s, before going on to become one of the most notorious religious figures of all time for his tireless persecution of Protestants during the reign of Queen Mary in which time as many as 200 'heretics' are said to have been burnt at the stake upon his orders.
Given the prevalence of fire in the story of this wonderful building, it is somewhat ironic that it should have survived two devastating town fires in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Today, it houses a small museum of local history and is admired for its exquisite pargeted frieze.
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LL3304 Blencathra (unsnowed) | $28.00
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Blencathra (unsnowed) by Lilliput Lane, model LL3304
Threlkeld, Cumbria
Also known as 'Saddleback', Blencathra stands at 2,847 feet (868 metres) and features five individual ridges that sweep down majestically towards the Keswick to Penrith road (A66), which is probably why A W Wainright dedicated more pages (thirty-six to be precise) to Blencathra than any other fell in his seven guides. He considered the arête of Narrow Edge to be: 'the finest way to any mountain top in the district', whilst Sharp Edge remains the biggest challenge to many visitors.
Situated at the foot of Blencathra, Threlkeld's Old Mission Room was built in 1885 by the Keswick & District Christian Workers' Band, using Lakeland slate rubble for the walls and green slate tiles for the roof. Look closely at our version and you will see a rucksack and some boots have been left outside - the owner must have abandoned their 'mission' to get to the top of Blencathra in favour of some easier recreation!
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