Lilliput Lane 2008 New Introductions
Arriving in late Feb. early March
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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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Having the appearance of being built into the surrounding rock itself, the Badger Bar is part of the seventeenth-century coaching inn, The Glen Rothay Hotel - - a truly traditional Lakeland establishment situated beside Rydal Water.
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Dated 1841, this pretty lodge house is one of a pair at the entrance to Holme Hall, a small Jacobean Manor in Bakewell. Our scene features a baker's bicycle delivering Bakewell puddings, for which the town is now world famous.
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Built in 1765, Himley's famous pub, The Glynne Arms, is now more popularly called The Crooked House and also as the 'Siden House'. It has been a tourist attraction since the late nineteenth century when it first fell victim to severe mining subsidence which left one end of the structure four feet lower than the other.
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A derelict scheduled Ancient Monument, set in parkland in the North Yorkshire Dales near Skipton, Hellifield Peel was restored from 'ruin to castle' by Karen and Francis Shaw - - as featured on TV's Grand Designs in February 2007.
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These remarkable cave dwellings, which are carved into the mass of soft sandstone at Kinver Edge known as Holy Austin Rock, are apparently named after a sixteenth-century hermit, Holy Austin, who is believed to have lived close to here.
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On the edge of the Dartmoor National Park, the village of Sourton may be small but it certainly has a BIG pulling attraction. This quirky pub, which dates back to 1282 is a veritable fantasy world where curiosities are crammed into every nook and cranny
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This wonderfully picturesque building from Old Warden was originally three estate cottages belonging to the Shuttleworth Estate. Today it is the perfect place to rest a while in the pretty gazebo and watch the busy bees buzzing on the gentle summer breeze!
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This is one of the most famous of Exeter's Tudor buildings. Its main claim to fame is that it was actually moved from its original position to make way for a new inner city bypass in 1961 - - under the constant gaze of the world's media.
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One of a pair of Grade II Listed lodges to be found at Chilworth in the beautiful River Test Valley; built in the early nineteenth century, its decorative rustic tree trunks give the appearance of supporting the beehive-shaped thatched roof above.
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At just thirty-three miles long, thirteen miles wide and covering an area of 227 square miles, this is a real little gem in the Irish Sea - - in more than one sense of the word! Our beautiful stone dovecote can be found on the Ballamoar Castle Estate, at Jurby, in the northwest of the island.
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The second Duke of Montagu, who planned to build Montagu Town here as an extensive port to import sugar from his plantation in the West Indies - - built Buckler's Hard in the early eighteenth century. Now a popular hotel, the handsome three-storey red brick Masterbuilder's House was once the home of
The Master Shipbuilder, Henry Adams.
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