Lilliput Lane Cottages N to P
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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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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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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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Sadly, the village post office is something of a dying breed nowadays, which is perhaps why post offices are always a popular subject for Lilliput Lane cottages. For this one we have turned to one of the most popular areas for subject matter too , ensuring that this piece captures all of the nostalgia and charm which you have come to expect from us over the years.
A charming eighteenth-century roadside cottage from Luccombe was chosen for our Postman’s Knock as its colour-washed cob walls, sweeping thatch roof and tall external chimney are perfect examples of the South West vernacular features for which the area is so admired. The sign over one of the door reads: ‘Ketnor’, which is believed to be the family name of previous owners.
Thankfully, like its near neighbours, Porlock and Selworthy (familiar sources of ‘Lilliputs’ over the years), Luccombe is owned by The National Trust, which ensures that these lovely cottages remain a permanent part of Somerset’s wonderful architectural heritage.
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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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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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Bury St Edmunds was originally a Saxon settlement known as Beodricsworth, or Bedric's Worth (worth being a Saxon word for 'farmstead' or 'hamlet' with a stockade surrounding it) and was later renamed after the martyred King Edmund, King of the East Angles, who was killed in the ninth century by invading Danes and whose relics were moved to a shrine in the abbey.
Grade II Listed, this three-storey timber-framed building dates back to the 1670s and has had numerous uses over the years - including a newsagent's, ironmonger's and greengrocer's - until eventually becoming an alehouse in 1873.
Measuring a mere fifteen feet by seven feet and with just one room per floor, it is hardly surprising that this charming 'little' (in the truest sense of the word!) establishment is one of Britain's smallest pubs.
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Derbyshire, Midlands
Height: 4.5cm Length: 6.0cm
With its timber frame and noggin brick infill, decorative bargeboarding and thatched roof, it is hard to imagine that this idyllic cottage from Osmaston was once a humble peasants' home.
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