Lilliput Lane Cottages D to H
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
Staffordshire, Midlands 7.0 cm
The perfect retirement gift! With its round chimney and pretty thatched roof, this nineteeth-century lodge offers the perfect place to hang up your boots and relax into the 'easy life', which is exactly what the owners of our Dun Roamin' have done! Look closely and you will see their walking boots hanging up by the door, put there to dry after the latest of their rambles over Tittensor.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
Stretching westwards for thirty miles from the low-lying country near Tralee the Dingle Peninsula commands the most magnificent coastal scenery. It has remained an Irish Speaking region and to this day it is a place where customs, traditions and folklore are still very much a part of everyday life - and by far the best place to soak up some real Irish atmosphere is a traditional Irish pub!
You are spoilt for choice at Dingle, as there is no less than fifty-two to choose from - that's one for every week of the year! - but we couldn't resist The Dingle Pub. With it's quintessential green-painted decorative window surrounds, ashlar quoins and shamrocks a-plenty, this colourful pub has been granted the James Joyce Pub Award for being an authentic Irish pub - so can rest assured that the 'craic' will be good!
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
Worcestershire - Midlands
Built in around 1400, The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, is a most impressive black-and-white half-
timbered former longhouse. It first became a licensed house in 1848 and was handed down
through the same family, Byrd, since the days of Chaucer, until being left to the National Trust
by Lola Taplin (a direct descendant of the Byrds) in 1977.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
God's Providence House
L2821
Chester
North West
Height: 9.5cm
The unusual name of this highly ornate house in
Watergate Street (which was originally built in 1652,
but was rebuilt in 1862) is taken from an inscription
erected on the front of the building which reads:
'God's Providence is Mine Inheritance'.
The small photo shows the back view of the piece ; please click on it to see the larger front view.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
Scotland
Near to the churchyard of Greyfriars Kirk is a pub called Greyfriars Bobby's Bar, a popular
watering hole for tourists who flock to see the statue of Bobby, the faithful Skye terrier who kept
guard over his master's grave for fourteen years.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
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.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
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.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
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.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
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
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
Buckinghamshire - Middle England
With its delightful timber frame filled with whitewashed brick and plaster, pretty half-hipped thatch
roof and impressive external rendered chimneystack to the right, this seventeenth-century cottage
from Princess Risborough is an excellent example of the local vernacular style.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
ON BACK ORDER, MAY NOT ARRIVE IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
We have these on order but we don't have an ETA. We are happy to reserve a piece for you just be aware that without an firm ETA (estimated time of arrival) it may not ship unitl Janaury 2010. We are in daily contact with the distributer and will update our web site as we are updated.
Yorkshire,
North East & Yorkshire
Height: 6.0cm
Length: 9.0cm
A veritable Mecca for admirers of the literary achievements of the Brontė family, Haworth Parsonage is now The Brontė Museum and is situated at the top
of the town's Main Street. The perfect accompaniment
to Haworth Village.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
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!
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
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.
Click on photo for larger image if available
|
|
ON BACK ORDER, MAY NOT ARRIVE IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
We have these on order but we don't have an ETA. We are happy to reserve a piece for you just be aware that without an firm ETA (estimated time of arrival) it may not ship unitl Janaury 2010. We are in daily contact with the distributer and will update our web site as we are updated.
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.
|
