Lilliput Lane Cottages Q to S
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Surrey, South East 10.cm
Built in the nineteenth century and designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, this magnificent church in Godstone, featuring a bell tower and overhanging jetty, sits alongside a picturesque group of eight timber-framed almshouses.
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Riverside Cottage
Wiltshire
South West
Height: 5.5cm
Our delightful 'riverside cottage' has been inspired by the pretty thatched cottages of Sherrington, a quintessentially English country village in Wiltshire.
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For all its ‘rustic charm’ this nineteenth-century dwelling has seen more than its fair share of natural disasters over the years. Hardly surprising really, when one considers that there is nothing but the River Alde between Sudbourne and the North Sea, resulting in many a flood and much storm damage ; most notably in 1987, when the village’s forest was lost in a terrible storm.
Looking at this tranquil scene, it is difficult to image that this home, along with all of the other homes in the village, was evacuated during the Second World War — and stood empty for six years! Thankfully, the village is lived in once more and is a hive of activity again! Speaking of which, have you noticed the ornamental rustic
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Scarborough Coastguard
L2817
North Yorkshire
North East & Yorkshire
Height: 8.0cm
Inspired by the town's 'Toll House Sector
Office', now part of the 'Scarborough Lifeboat
Centre', which attracts visitors to tour the site
and learn more about the town's fascinating
maritime heritage.
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Sherburn Almshouses
Lancashire
North West
Height: 6.5cm
Built in 1728 for five almswomen and the school mistress, Sherburn Almshouses in Stydd is a magnificent example of a two-storied 'charity house'.
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Slate Cutter's Cottage
L2823
Cumbria
North West
Height: 7.5cm
At one time the villagers of Hartsop and the surrounding
area eked their living from the once-prolific quarry
nearby, the fine blue slate from which can be found in
many of the houses in the vicinity.
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Wales
Known as Nant Wallter Cottage, this tiny dwelling was built in around 1770 to house a farm
labourer at the nearby Taliaris Estate, and was re-erected at St Fagans National History Museum
in 1993.
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Bedfordshire - Middle England
Not to be mistaken for the Swiss Cottage of the much-visited Swiss Gardens nearby, this pretty
cottage - cottages actually, as it was originally two cottages - was however, built at the same
time (the nineteenth century) for the Shuttleworth Estate, so it is not surprising that they are so
similar.
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