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8th November 2006, 10:42 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stirlingshire
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| A Little Snippet Anyone want to buy Terri's Cottage, TERRI WINDLING's Devon house went on the market with a unique selling point: `The images adorning the walls of Weavers Cottage were created by a British artist who won an Oscar for best set decoration on _The Lord Of The Rings_. Alan Lee's _The Goblin Market_ mural is based on Christina Rossetti's 19th century "fairy tale" poem of female sexuality. It is housed in the kitchen ...' Other artists involved were Brian Froud and Charles Vess. The estate agent naturally tries to have it both ways: `the murals had added Pounds25,000 to the value of the cottage. But the new owner could paint over them if they wished.  |
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9th November 2006, 06:40 PM
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| If you see a stranger...  | Re: A Little Snippet It would be such a shame if someone bought the house and painted over the mural. Here's a link tothe article. Lord of the Gas Rings | Metro.co.uk I don't suppose any Chronicles members are int he market for a house... Fowlers Estate Agency |
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10th November 2006, 06:44 AM
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| The Cat  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malaysia
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| Re: A Little Snippet That's an idea. We could all pool in and buy the house and Nixie gets to stay in it and the rest of us can visit and the big bonus is that the art will not get painted over and will be appreciated to boot.  |
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11th November 2006, 01:30 PM
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| Flaming Poltergeist  | Re: A Little Snippet I'm currently residing in Exeter. I sorely lack the funds for a new house, but if someone wants to buy it for me, I'll be happy to live there Edit: After some quick detective work, I've found out that it's only 20 miles (or 40 minutes, apparently) away! Well there you go...you learn something new everyday! Edit edit: which I could have easily found out if I had looked at the links in the above posts...which I have done now, and the cottage looks absolutely beautiful! Ah, if only I had £380,000 going spare... Last edited by HoopyFrood; 11th November 2006 at 02:26 PM. |
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11th November 2006, 04:28 PM
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| Ubi amici, ibi opes...  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southampton
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| Re: A Little Snippet Well, I work out that it would cost us less than £30. or $57US/45 euros , if everyone in Chronicles contributed! Mind you, it would also mean we could each stay in the house for 40 minutes per year - just time for a cup of tea and a look at the murals.  |
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11th November 2006, 04:30 PM
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| Flaming Poltergeist | Re: A Little Snippet Wow, only £30?!!! Let's do it! Of course, being one of those lucky ones who live very close to it, I think I should be able to visit it the most...hell, in fact, I might as well live there, you've got to have someone looking after the place |
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11th November 2006, 04:52 PM
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| Flaming Poltergeist | Re: A Little Snippet I'm not that big and I can squueze myself through small gaps. I'd feel quite at home in such a cosy little cottage. And if I have to leave my tail poking out of the window, or scrunch a wing against a wall, then so be it! You look like you're having trouble pulling yourself out of that hole, so I doubt you could squeeze yourself into a cottage! |
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