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Lilliput Lane started producing their miniature cottages in 1982, and 2012 sees their 30th Anniversary. David Tate, the founder, opened workshops at Skirsgill, in England's Lake District, and the company has remained in the area ever since.

Pictured right: Parlsey Cottage  The Annual Symbol of Membership for 2012 - This quaint little cottage has been inspired by a seventeenth-century thatched dwelling in Bletsoe. Timber-framed with plaster infill, the original building was larger, with a second bay to the right of what would have been the central chimney. Bletsoe Castle was the birthplace of the richest woman of the Tudor period, Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), the mother of Henry VII and grandmother of Henry VIII.

The majority of cottages are based on real cottages, with collections based not only on British Cottages, but also American, and in the past German, Dutch and French Cottages.


The cottages have attracted a worldwide audience and with regular retirements and new issues. There is a lot of demand for earlier and rarer cottages.

Collectors Club

The club offers members the chance to receive and purchase exclusive models, and to find out more information about Lilliput Lane, through its quarterly magazine Gulliver's World. 2012 sees its 30th Anniversary.

For 2012 the Lilliput Lane Collectors Club the theme is herbs and Lilliput Lane have produced three delightful cottages exclusively for members. Each captures a wonderfully idyllic sense of living a sustainable self-sufficient life, growing your own fresh herbs and vegetables. Sage Cottage and Rosemary Cottage are available exclusively to Collectors' Club members and make the perfect accompaniment to the free gift, Parsley Cottage.

A fourth themed cottage, Thyme Cottage, is only available at Events during 2012.

Pictured left: Thyme Cottage - The 2012 Events Cottage - This pretty timber-framed cottage dates from the seventeenth century and can be found in the village of Eathorpe. Famed for its special characteristics and architectural heritage, Eathorpe is a designated Conservation Area, designation being defined in the 1990 Planning Act as: ‘an area of special architectural historic interest, character or appearance of which it is desired to preserve or enhance’.

Sage Cottage

This delightful L-shaped building in Binfield dates back to the sixteenth century and features square timber-framing with arch braces and a steeply-pitched tiled roof. Binfield is situated in the heart of Windsor Forest and the Stag & Hounds pub marks the official centre of what was once the private hunting ground of kings which at one time covered most of Berkshire.

Rosemary Cottage

With its timber frame, brick infill and weatherboards, Rosemary Cottage was built in the seventeenth century and is typical of the vernacular style of the area around the Hampshire village of Fordingbridge. The name of Fordingbridge relates to the medieval bridge (built around 1362) with its seven arches spanning the River Avon, one of the country’s best fishing rivers. Here, patient anglers are rewarded with coarse fish, such as salmon, trout, pike or chub — all of which would taste quite delicious served up with a knob of butter and a sprinkling of rosemary from this pretty cottage garden.

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