Lilliput Lane Cottages D to H
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L3379 DIAMOND COTTAGE
BRISTOL, SOUTH WEST
Height: 7.5cm Length: 8.0cm
We have returned to the remarkable Blaise Hamlet Estate, near Henbury,
for the inspiration of our commemorative piece to celebrate The Queens
Diamond Jubilee this year. After all, with a name like Diamond Cottage,
how could we have possibly resisted?
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LL3355 Lilliput Lane Dickens Birthplace | $45.00
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L3355 Dickens' Birthplace
Portsmouth, Hampshire
On 7th February 1812, the world-famous Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), was born in this modest red brick terraced house on what is now Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth; although at the time of his birth it was called 1 Mile-End Terrace - as the following newspaper quote placed by the proud father records: 'On Friday, at Mile-End Terrace, the Lady of John Dickens Esq., a son.'
Dickens only lived here for five months whereupon the family moved closer to the dockyard where his father worked as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office; a job that was to later transfer the family to London and then on to Kent. The house is now a museum. With its obvious 'reading' and 'writing' associations, this charming piece makes the perfect accompaniment to this year's Club pieces.
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LL3266 The Egyptian House | $44.00
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The Egyptian House by Lilliput Lane, model LL3266
Penzance, Cornwall
Situated on Penzance's historic Chapel Street, the three-storied Egyptian House is perhaps the 'jewel in the crown' of this oft-visited street of great architectural merit. Exotic extravagance probably best describes this landmark of the town. It has a peculiar mix of Egyptian emblems, such as trapezoid 'pylon' shapes, obelisk caryatids, lotus columns and sun disks of the Sun God Amon-Re, alongside heraldic coat of arms topped with an eagle rampant.
It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is certainly an eye catcher, which was probably the intention, as it was originally designed as a museum of natural curiosities. It was built in the 1830s for a local mineralogist, John Lavin, who had it styled after Robinson's Egyptian Hall, in London's Piccadilly, which was also a mineral museum.
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LL3298 Fordhall Community Farm | $52.00
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Fordhill Community Farm by Lilliput Lane, model LL3298, Market Drayton, Shropshire
At first sight, this seventeenth-century timber-framed farmhouse looks the picture of peace and tranquillity - it is remarkable then, to discover that it was recently at the heart of a battle for its very survival.
When their father died in 2004, Charlotte and Ben Hollins - whose family has held the tenancy dating back to the 1700s - were faced with eviction from the 140-acre organic farm that their father had run for over 65 years without the use of any chemicals.
The landowner wanted to break up the land and sell it to developers, but the brother and sister team persuaded them to give them time to raise the 800,000 asking price required to save their home.
Theirs is a story of resilience in the face of adversity, and they succeeded, by selling 50 shares in the farm, which is now run as a community-based land project.
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LL3351 Lilliput Lane The George | $50.00
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L3351 The George at Castleton
Castle Street, Castleton, Derbyshire
7 cm High (2.7 ins) 9 cm Wide (3.5 ins) 7 cm Deep (2.7 ins)
Situated at the head of the Hope Valley, Castleton benefits from spectacular scenery; this is a land of steep hills and tors and the village, which is overlooked by the romantic ruins of the Norman fortress, Peveril Castle, attracts many visitors.
As well as a rich heritage, the area is also rich in minerals and visitors can tour four underground mines. The Romans mined lead here, and this is the only place in the world where the rare fluorspar gemstone, Blue John (the name derives from the French bleu and jaune 'blue' and 'yellow') is found.
Our delightful nineteenth-century public house is a welcome watering hole for visitors. With its rendered limestone walls with gritstone dressings and sturdy Welsh slate roof with stone coped gables, it looks well equipped to withstand torrents of visitors and rain alike!
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LL3378 Lilliput Lane Get Your Buns | $42.00
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L3378 GET YER BUNS AT SALLY LUNNS
SOMERSET, SOUTH WEST
Height: 9.0cm Length: 6.5cm
Heralded as the oldest house in Bath and
now a museum, visitors can marvel at
the excavations of Roman foundations as
well as discovering the interesting story of
Sally Lunns world-famous buns created
on these very premises in Lilliput Alley
during the 1680s.
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LL3167 Grannys Summerhouse | $40.00
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Grannys Sumerhouse by Lilliput Lane, model LL3167
Warwickshire, Midlands
Height: 5.0cm Length: 6.5cm
This rustic retreat in the grounds of Charlecote Park was built in the mid nineteenth century for Lady Mary Elizabeth Lucy as a summerhouse for her grandchildren.
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Hanbury Windmill by Lilliput Lane, model LL3171
Warwickshire, Midlands
Height: 8.5cm Length: 9.5cm
Built in the early-nineteenth century, Harbury's old windmill fell into disuse in the early 1950s but has now been lovingly renovated, minus the sails, into a luxurious home near Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Happy Times by Lilliput Lane, model LL3268
Bucknell, Shropshire
What an idyllic scene, a spring wedding with cherry blossom and love in the air - the perfect recipe for Happy Times! Our happy couple have just tied the knot in Bucknell's pretty Church of St Mary and are standing outside posing for photographs under the porch.
Parts of the church, which is built of roughly coursed limestone rubble walls topped with a slate roof, date back to the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, however major renovations were undertaken in 1870.
The church has not always witnessed such happy times, however, as in the late twelfth century Andrew de Stainton, the Lord of Bucknell, was forced to flee England after upsetting King Henry II's court, and so gave the church to the Abbot and Convent of Wigmore Abbey, on the condition that he was given sanctuary until arrangements for his safe passage to Scotland could be made.
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LL3305 Haystacks (unsnowed) | $22.50
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Haystacks (unsnowed) by Lilliput Lane, model LL3305
Buttermere, Cumbria
At a mere 1,959 feet (597 metres) what it lacks in height this fell makes up for in fame, because it is here that the famous A W Wainwright chose to have his ashes scattered. In his book, Memoirs of a Fellwanderer, he wrote: 'and if you, dear reader, should get a bit of grit in your boots as you are crossing Haystacks in years to come, please treat it with respect. It might be me.'
Built in 1841 with stone taken from Sour Milk Ghyll and the slopes of Red Pike and with roof tiles of local slate, Buttermere's picturesque St James' Church enjoys equal fame. Wordsworth wrote: 'A man must be very unsensible who would not be touched at the sight of the Chapel of Buttermere', and inside there's a plaque dedicated to Wainwright, which is strategically placed at a window overlooking his favourite fell - Haystacks.
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Hellifield Peel by Lilliput Lane, model LL3091
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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The Hermitage by Lilliput Lane, model LL3267
Dorney, Buckinghamshire
The Hermitage has been inspired by a charming nineteenth-century folly built in the grounds of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, a magnificent Tudor manor house that has remained in the Palmer family for the last 450 years. With its flint and rubble walls it was originally built as a tower and the two side storeys were added later.
The village of Dorney appears in the Domesday Book, its importance, no doubt, lying in its location on the western fringes of Royal Windsor and all of the wealth that that once brought to the area. But Dorney has another claim to fame: as the place where the first pineapple in England was grown in 1661 and a stone pineapple carving graces the Great Hall to this day in honour of the fruit being presented to Charles II!
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Hidden Cottages by Lilliput Lane, model LL3090
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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The Hidey Hole by Lilliput Lane, model LL3261
Cowden, Kent
First appearances can often be deceiving, and this delightful 'little' cottage certainly proves the point, as it is actually only a small section - the cross-wing - of a former medieval timber-framed hall-house that once stood on the same site but was sadly pulled down in 1833.
When it was first built in the sixteenth century the timber frame would have been exposed on this attractive cottage in Cowden, Kent, but you will notice that the walls of the upper storey have been covered with decorative hung tiles. Apart from this being the height of fashion in the 1690s, this also had the added bonus of making the unprotected soft wattle and daub infill panels less vulnerable to damage from the ravages of the harsh elements of our English climate.
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Highwayman Inn by Lilliput Lane, model LL3101
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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Honey Bees Summer by Lilliput Lane, model LL3084
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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House that Moved by Lilliput Lane, model LL3092
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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Out of Stock but can be ordered for delivery in 2011
L3306 Helvellyn (unsnowed)
Thirlmere, Cumbria
Majestic Helvellyn's summit rises to a mighty 3,118 feet (950 metres) above sea level and at its foot lies Thirlmere Reservoir. It is here, along its tranquil shores that this stunning example of Victorian industrial architecture can be found.
With its round tower, slit vents and battlemented parapets, it looks every bit like a castle but is actually a straining well and valve house - purpose built to collect the water from the reservoir, straining it through wire gauze before it enters the one-hundred-mile-long aqueduct, built by the Manchester Corporation Water Works, to supply Manchester with up to fifty-five million gallons per day. The valve house enables the water flow to be stopped incase of burst pipes. Deer can be seen roaming the grounds of our version, with its distinctive Lakeland slate walls and red sandstone dressings.
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