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LL3377 Lilliput Lane Old Blacksmiths Shop | $49.50
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L3377 THE OLD BLACKSMITH’S SHOP
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY, SCOTLAND
Height: 4.5cm Length: 10.5cm
Built in 1712, the humble rendered cob walls
and heavy slate roof of this old clay daubin
at Gretna lend this traditional Borders cottage
a rather unassuming air, however its romantic
story is legendary around the globe.
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LL3293 Old Lifeboat Station | $44.00
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Old Lifeboat Sation, by Lilliput Lane, model LL3293
Looe Caradon, Cornwall
This delightful little building has been inspired by the former lifeboat shed and watchtower in Looe. Typical of the Victorian era, its grand Italianate style lends rather a grand look to what would otherwise be a rather humble construction of rubble walls finished off with granite quoins and red brick detailing around the windows.
Looe got its station in 1866 but it wasn't until 1902 that the lifeboat featured on our model arrived for service. The Ryder served for twenty-eight years, right up until the station was closed in 1930, and during this time she was launched twelve times and saved thirty-seven lives. Today, the fully restored Ryder is the only surviving Standard Self-Righting Lifeboat in the country and is moored in Polperro Harbour as part of the Heritage Museum display.
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Old Vicarage by Lilliput Lane, model LL3271
Methwold, Norfolk
Remarkably, there hasn't been a resident vicar in the Old Vicarage in Methwold for the last two centuries, but that is not the only interesting question that surrounds this venerable old building, because one is left wondering just why such a magnificent and imposing building was built in such a remote, rural location. The answer must surely be that Methwold was once a village of some esteem, as other impressive buildings have also survived.
All questions aside, one is left in no doubt that this is a building of great architectural importance, hence its Grade-I-Listed status. The beauty of the jettied, timber framed building with close studding is surpassed only by the glorious late fifteenth century brick gable end with impressive central octagonal chimney that is uniquely decorated with various early Tudor patterns in terracotta and brick.
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The Pagoda by Lilliput Lane, model LL3223
London, South East
Height: 7.0cm Length: 9.5cm
This unusual Chinese-style building, with dramatic roof with upturned edges was built as folly for the third Duke of Buccleuch - hence the thistle emblem carved into the leaded roof of the original.
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L3375 PASTORAL SECRET
GREATER LONDON, MIDDLE ENGLAND
Height: 5.0cm Length: 6.5cm
This charming little dwelling has been inspired by a building
in Hanwell called The Hermitage, which was built in 1809 by
one of the towns most famous rectors, Dr George H Glasse,
who also served as Chaplain to King George III.
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Paying Your Way L3412
Derbyshire, Midlands
Height: 5.5cm Length: 7.5cm
Our delightful little building with stone mullioned windows and fishscale
tiled roof has been inspired by the ivy-clad former tollhouse on Kedleston
Road in Derby. Built in the mid 1800s to replace an earlier tollhouse, the
building was part of the Markeaton Park Estate.
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Paying Your Way in Winter | $32.50
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Paying Your Way in Winter ,L3412A
DERBY, DERBYSHIRE. Height: 5.5cm Length: 7.5cm.
Our delightful little building with stone mullioned windows and fish-scale tiled roof has been inspired by the ivy-clad former tollhouse on Kedleston Road in Derby. Built in the mid 1800s to replace an earlier tollhouse, the building was part of the Markeaton Park Estate. Sadly, being in a dilapidated state, Markheaton Hall was demolished in 1964, but the grounds remain one of the East Midland's most popular parks, attracting over one million visitors a year. In later years, with tolls no longer payable, another enterprising man benefited from passing trade. In 1850, Christopher Pritchard began selling homemade ginger beer from this building. The business grew to become Sturgess and Company, later Burrows and Sturgess, and supplied most of the public houses in the area. Note the number of windows to ensure that no passers-by went unnoticed !
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Lilliput Lane - The Perfect Mum, model LL3007
The 'perfect' parent on our cottage from Weston Turville is actually a duck! You see, in the early parts of the twentieth century, many of the inhabitants of the village made their living by breeding white Aylesbury ducks, for the London markets!
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Picture This by Lilliput Lane, model LL3247
This Grade II Listed thatched cottage with weatherboarded outbuilding from Honington was the winning entry of the 2008 Annual Fair Photographic Competition, so it is only fitting that we've included a camera poised to take the winning photo!
Situated on the banks of the River Stour and voted the 'best kept village in Warwickshire' for many years, the village of Honington has many beautiful buildings and thatched cottages to please the lover of all things vernacular, but it is this early eighteenth-century dwelling that won the judges over.
Beneath its steeply-pitched thatch peep two dormer windows and painted cob walls, which, when combined with its pretty blue window frames and door with rustic gabled porch, make it look every bit like the quintessential chocolate box cottage if ever there was.
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Pitlochry Lodge by Lilliput Lane, model LL3093
This epitomy of Scottish Baronial splendour comes complete with the quintessential carved thistle head emblems and has been inspired by the gatehouse to the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry.
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Perfect Frinde by Lilliput Lane, model LL3033
Over the years, many Lilliputs have taken inspiration from the bountiful supply of real-life chocolate box cottages from Broadway and this pretty cruck-framed one topped with thatch is a real architectural gem we just couldn't resist adding to our collection - - can you?
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Perfect Game , L3456
BROMHAM, WILTSHIRE. Height: 5.0cm
This charming festive building has been inspired by an unusual octagonal game larder situated on the Spye Park Estate, in Wiltshire. It was built in the 1870s by W Burn for Major J W G Spicer [1817-1883], an army officer who made his fortune from Brewery investments.
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Pineapple Spa by Lilliput Lane, model LL3291
Our delightful Pineapple Spa has been inspired by the central cottage of a group of stone-built dwellings in Lower Swell known as Spa Cottages, which were built in 1807 to house a Chalybeate (iron rich) spring that was discovered here at that time.
The spring can be found in the cellar of the house, but access is somewhat restrictive to visitors wishing to partake of the waters, so it is now pumped up to a fountain in the hallway upstairs, which is appropriately decorated with a pineapple carving!
Highly unusual, the ashlar facade features Indian-inspired details said to imitate the Hindu style of Sezincote, a magnificent mansion nearby that's considered to be the forerunner to Brighton Pavilion and was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell. Note the pineapple finial above the doorway's detailed canopy as well as ogee-shaped arched windows with honeysuckle finials.
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Pixie House LL3169
Cornwall, South West
Height: 4.5cm Length: 7.0cm
Perhaps the most photographed building in Boscastle, this building was originally built as a stable. Today it serves two purposes; both of which are very much appreciated by the eager tourists!
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The Plot Room by Lilliput Lane, model LL3170
Northamptonshire, Midlands
Height: 6.0cm Length: 6.5cm
This half-timbered gatehouse to the Manor of Ashby St Ledgers is reputed to be the meeting place used by the Gunpowder Plotters in 1605 - hence the barrels of gunpowder!
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Portland Bill Lighthouse | $44.00
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Portland Bill Lighthouse l 3420
Dorset, Southwest
Height: 9.0cm Length: 7.0cm
London's 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing events will
be hosted at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing
Academy and the adjoining Portland Marina, home to
Portland Bill. The present lighthouse was built in 1905 and
stands about 120 feet tall.
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Post Box Corner by Lilliput Lane, model LL3324,
Weekley, Northamptonshire
Two of a Kind Collection
Our delightful post office comes complete with its very own complementary post box and has been inspired by the ancient Northamptonshire village of Weekley, which has remained largely unchanged for hundreds of years and its population has increased very little during that time too. With a mere fifty-six houses in the parish - twenty of which are thatched - the village is a living testament to the peace and tranquillity of times gone by.
There's certainly a lot to be said for small community life where everyone knows everybody else, which is something that the postmaster of our post office must certainly appreciate. His round is not as straightforward as you might expect, because none of the roads in the village have names, nor do the houses, and to further compound the problem the houses are numbered, but not in consecutive order!
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LL2775 Pride of Scotland | $45.00
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Pride of Scotland by Lilliput Lane, model LL2775
This lodge house, built in the Scottish Baronial style, provides the dignified entrance to the Dalmore estate on the outskirts of Helensburgh.
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The Pudding CLub by Lilliput Lane, model LL3331
Mickleton, Gloucestershire
Built as a private house in 1871, The Three Ways House Hotel has been receiving guests since the early 1900s but it was in the 1980s that it gained its global reputation, with the formation of its famous Pudding Club in 1985. The club was formed in protest against the decline of the great British 'pud', and since then sweet-toothed enthusiasts flock to the hotel every Friday night to sample its delights.
A typical club night involves taking self-indulgence to its limits with up to seven puddings being available, with the stipulation that they are eaten one at a time. Could you do it? Fear not, if you are overcome with exhaustion you can always stay over for the night in one of the luxurious pudding-themed rooms, including the Sticky Toffee Room, the Chocolate Suite, the Spotted Dick Room, and the Oriental Ginger Syrup Sponge Room…mmm, sounds delicious!
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Push The Boat Out
Inspired by a typical 1950s riverboat that has been lovingly restored and is now
permanently moored up alongside the riverbank somewhere deep in the beautiful
English countryside.
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