Lilliput Lane Cottages I to M
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Both the oast house and the late medieval timber-framed building depicted on our wonderful scene are based upon buildings from the old Wealden wool village of Smarden, near Ashford, which emerged when hops were first introduced to the area during the nineteenth century.
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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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Hampshire - Middle England
Based upon a seventeenth-century New Forest cottage from Furzey Gardens, Minstead. With its
age-weathered timber frame with brick infill and two eyebrow dormer windows peeping out from
underneath the neat thatch, it is a fine example of the vernacular architecture of this much-loved
region.
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It is not difficult to guess why this late eighteenth-century cottage was given its name; just one glance at the banner on the birthday party marquee is all
that’s needed! With its sturdy rubble and ashlar walls and practical slate roof, this charming building was originally the office to Wortley Top Forge !
South Yorkshire North East & Yorkshire
Height: 6.0cm Length: 9.0cm
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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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On Backorder till Spring 2010
With its decorative Flemish bond brickwork and gabled thatched roof of combed wheat, our charming country post office and store has been inspired by what is arguably the most distinctive building in the village of Moreton. The village is famous for its links with T E Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), who owned a cottage there.
Dorset, South West
Height: 8.0cm Length: 8.0cm
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This pretty Victorian cottage from Malvern was built in the fashionable cottage ornée style of the period. Our charming scene depicts a daughter visiting her mother with a Simnel cake and refers to bygone times when ladies in service were allowed to take time off work on Mothering Sunday for such visits.
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Cambridgeshire, East Anglia 5.5 cm
Our Mother's Cottage depicts many of the distinctive features of the beautiful old buildings nestled around Pond Green in the pretty Cambridgeshire village of Wicken.
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On Backorder till Spring 2010
Gloucestershire, South West
Height: 6.0cm Length: 6.5cm
This delightful octagonal timber-framed lodge is from Bromesberrow in the Forest of Dean and was used as a school for girls during part of the nineteenth century.
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On Backorder till Spring 2010
Cheshire, North West
Height: 8.0cm Length:7.0cm
Found in Tiverton, this charming pair of red brick residences are typical of the many delightful Peckforton Estate cottages to be found in this area.
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Cheshire, North West
Height: 8.0cm Length: 14.0cm
This grand residence owes its creation, and name, to Sir Richard de Moreton, who inherited the land and decided to build a new home here, in the mid-to-late 1400s.
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Cumbria, North West
Height: 5.5cm Length: 5.5cm
With its whitewashed slate rubble walls and slate roof with round slate chimneys, our little smithy dates to the early eighteenth century and is a real Lakeland architectural gem!
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Buckinghamshire, Middle England
Height: 7.5cm Length: 9.0cm
This beautiful cottage was once the home of the mother of the famous children's author, Roald Dahl, and is mentioned in his autobiography, Going Solo.
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