Lilliput Lane Cottages T to Z
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Temple of the Four Winds | $37.50
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Temple of the Four Winds LL3249
Standing atop a disused icehouse, this Grade II Listed folly is just one of the many unusual buildings and curiosities to be found at West Wycombe Park, the extravagant home of Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the notorious Hellfire Club of the eighteenth-century.
Octagonal in plan and three storeys high, the tower - built from flint, brick and stucco, by Donowell - is believed to be one of the earliest English replicas of an ancient monument, as it was inspired by The Tower of the Four Winds at Athens, which Sir Francis visited during his Grand Tour.
The term 'folly' has to be questioned for this example, as it tends to refer to structures that serve no other purpose than to look good, whereas this was built as a fully functioning water pumping station and supplied water all around the park.
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To The Manor Born LL3110
This sixteenth-century former anor house in Lustleigh was home to Cecil Torr, the
historian and diarist of note. Cecil lovingly restored its straw thatch, roughcast walls and impressive two-storeyed, jettied porch during the early twentieth century.
Devon, South West
Height: 7.5cm Length: 11.5cm
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Together Forever LL3176
Hertfordshire, Middle England
Height: 7.0cm Length: 9.0cm
This beautiful riverside cottage in the village of Great Amwell was built in the seventeenth century, but its old timber frame is now cased partly in nineteenth-century red bricks and also newer buff bricks.
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Tollemache Arms LL3179
Northamptonshire, Midlands
Height: 7.0cm Length: 9.0cm
Serving visitors since 1547, this inn was named after the Reverend Tollemache, and his successor, the Reverend Atkins, bought it in the 1800s and closed it on Sundays in an attempt to boost church attendance.
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Tower of Refuge LL3250
'A Tower of Refuge built for the else forlorn, Spare it ye waves, and lift the mariner struggling for life, into its saving arms.' So wrote the famous poet, William Wordsworth, of this enigmatic Manx landmark, thus securing its name, and fame, forever.
This small granite castle built on Conister Rock was the brainchild of Sir William Hillary, the founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who was determined to provide a safe refuge for sailors who became shipwrecked in Douglas Bay.
The architect, John Welch, designed it to look like a thirteenth-century castle -
complete with a bell to ring for help! Building work was completed in 1832 at a cost of £254, which was raised by subscriptions, with the shortfall being paid for by Sir William himself.
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Travellers WayLL2786
Journeying at a pace of about ten miles a day, our lucky traveller will reach Appleby tomorrow, just in time to trade for horses and socialise at the horse fair!
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The Triangular Lodge LL3059
Rushton Hall’s elaborately ornamented Triangular Lodge was built in the late
sixteenth century for Sir Thomas Tresham, who intended it to be a permanent
celebration of Roman Catholicism through symbolic architecture. The whole design is themed around the number three, symbolising the Holy Trinity.
Rushton Northhamptonshire, Middle England
Height: 8.0cm Length: 6.5cm
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Ugly House LL3000
Local legend tells how two outlaw brothers built the Ugly House, in 1475, using an ancient law which stated that if a house was built between sunset and the following sunrise then the builders could claim freehold - - as long as it had walls, a roof and a smoking chimney!
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Vine and Roses LL3028
A cottage in the pretty Dorset village of Puddletown was the inspiration for this beautiful thatched florist's shop. Puddletown was immortalised as Weatherbury, by the nineteenth-century novelist, Thomas Hardy in Far From the Maddening Crowd.
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The Well Wishes LL3019
Two children on our scene are taking the opportunity to make a wish at the adorable thatched wishing well at the front of this most imposing of old timber-framed buildings from Therfield, which was once a farm manor house.
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Wensleydale Heifer LL3037
North Yorkshire - North East & Yorkshire
This famous seventeenth-century whitewashed rubble inn at West Witton is situated on the A684 trans-Pennine road between Leyburn and Hawes and was once the haunt of the world's most famous vet - James Herriot, who is said to have been a regular imbiber here in the early years of his veterinary career.
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The Whitby Kipper LL3062
Our little smoke house has been inspired by Fortune’s W.R., Smokehouse & Kipper Shop. Established in 1872 and situated at the end of Henrietta Street it is one of only a handful of traditional smokeries left in Britain.
North Yorkshire, North East & Yorkshire
Height: 5.5cm Length: 6.0cm
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Windsor Cottage LL2956
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Wipmolen LL2499
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W I Bring and Buy LL3016
Currently a bookshop, our scene depicts this wonderful timber-frames building from Long Crendon as the village hall and the setting for the local Women's Institute's annual bring and buy sale.
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With Thanks LL2276
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