Lilliput Lane Cottages Q to S
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LL3297 Queen Marys Bath House | $32.50
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Queen Marys Bath House by Lilliput Lane, model LL3297
Edinburgh, Scotland
Situated on the east side of Abbey Hill, Edinburgh, this little turreted structure dates back to the late sixteenth century and is supposedly where Mary, Queen of Scots, used to bathe in sweet white wine. However, the truth behind this legend cannot be proved, and it is more likely that its name refers to the unusual 'bath-like' shape of the building.
It was originally built into the boundary wall of the King's Privy Garden at The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence in Scotland of Her Majesty The Queen, but the wall has since been dismantled, leaving this quaint building standing alone for all to ponder. Although its true purpose remains debatable, it most certainly would have been used by the Royals as a summerhouse.
It is also thought to be the oldest surviving tennis pavilion in the country.
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Radcliff Camera by Lilliput Lane, model LL3096
Oxford's famous landmark which opened in 1749, was designed by the architect, James Gibbs, as a memorial to Dr John Radcliffe, a royal physician who bequeathed his great collection of scientific books along with £40,000 when he died in 1714. Camera is Latin for "chamber" or "room".
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LL2810 Robert Burns Cottage | $28.00
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Robert Burns Cottage by Lilliput Lane, model LL2810
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Romany Wedding by Lilliput Lane, model LL3235
This idyllic 'Church in the Wood', as it is known locally, was built in 1883 to serve the Gypsy community that lived on Bramdean Common at that time.
Such 'temporary' buildings were built from corrugated iron as they could be erected in a matter of days very cost effectively and were available in kit form from catalogues and even exhibited at the 'Great Exhibition'.
With its small spire and stained glass window, this wonderful example of a 'tin tabernacle' - 'tabernacle' meaning 'a moveable dwelling', as it was not uncommon for them to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere once permanent places of worship were provided - took just five days to build.
Our scene depicts a Romany Wedding and a beautiful bow-topped caravan waiting to take the happy couple on their honeymoon completes the romance of this unique 'temporary' building which has stood the test of time
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LL3172 The Royal Observatory | $54.00
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The Royal Observatory by Lilliput Lane, model LL3172
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height: 7.5cm Length: 9.0cm
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, so, what better time to produce this magnificent building which houses the UK Astronomy Technology Centre.
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Rydal Mount by Lilliput Lane, model LL3295
Rydal, Cumbria
'I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills'
Dating back to the late sixteenth century, Rydal Mount was the last residence of the famous Lakeland poet William Wordsworth, which is why our sculptor has placed a poetry book on the bench and created 'a host of golden daffodils' in the garden in homage to his best loved poem, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. Note also the round chimneys, a vernacular feature peculiar to this area.
Although he never owned the house (it was rented from Lady le Fleming, of nearby Rydal Hall), Wordsworth lived here from 1813 until his death in 1850 and during his time here he enjoyed landscaping the four-acre garden, when not spending time in his attic study writing as Poet Laureate.
'When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils'
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St. Enodoc Church by Lilliput Lane, model LL3294
ere among long-discarded cassocks,
Damp stools, and half-split open hassocks,
Here where the vicar never looks
I nibble through old service books.
[Extract from Diary of a Church Mouse by Sir John Betjeman.]
Surrounded by sand dunes and the St Enodoc Golf Course, this church was given the name of 'Sinkininny Church' by locals, due to the fact that before major restorations in the mid 1800s it was almost buried by sand - in fact, so badly engulfed by sand that the vicar had to be lowered down through a skylight to perform a service once a year (a requirement if it was to remain in use as a church).
Sir John Betjeman is buried in the churchyard and even wrote a poem about the church he loved so much. Entitled Sunday Afternoon Service in St Enodoc Church, Cornwall, in it he writes: 'Come on! Come on! This hillock hides the spire & all things draw toward St Enodoc.'
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LL3264 St Winifreds Well | $35.00
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St Winifred's Well by Lilliput Lane, model LL3264
Woolston, Shropshire
Thanks to fascinating links with a seventh-century saint, miracles, novels and holy water, Woolston's famous St Winifred's Well still draws visitors as it did centuries ago. The story goes that the water first sprang from the earth in exactly the spot where the remains of St Winifred's body were placed by monks resting on their journey from Holywell to Shrewsbury Abbey, where the saint's relics were being taken in 1138 to form a shrine. Reference to this resting place appears on numerous occasions in Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael books.
Dating to the late fifteenth century, the timber-framed well house is believed to have been created by the wife of Henry VII, Margaret, Countess of Beaufort, who was responsible for the site at Holywell too. The water is said to heal bruises, sore eyes and broken bones.
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L3307 Skiddaw (unsnowed)
High Ireby, Cumbria
This lovely little Lake District Lodge House is nestled into the Cumbrian fells near to the famous Skiddaw mountain. For those of you who admire the dramatic grandeur of Skiddaw but feel that you could not bring yourself to clamber all the way to the top of its 3,053 feet (931 metres) summit, then fear not. You can get great views of the 'Back o' Skiddaw' taking in the dramatic ridge of Ullock Pike, swerving to meet Carl Side and Skiddaw and on to Bakestall, from the much smaller fell, Binsey (the most northerly of the Lakeland fells), at the foot of which stands this very attractive former gatehouse.
Built in the nineteenth century, our little lodge also features sandstone mullioned windows and once served the High Ireby Grange Estate, the magnificent house of which sadly burned down sometime after 1952.
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