Country Life

There’s no place like home

Buckinghamshire £750 000

This is exactly the sort of character cottage to tempt Londoners out of the big smoke. It sits in the coveted Chiltern Hills village of Turville-filming location for is even called Sleepy Cottage. The principal bedroom, with vaulted ceiling and exposed timber beams, overlooks the village. The sense of deja-vu is enhanced by the village's further appearance in , , and , among others; was actually filmed at Sleepy Cottage.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Country Life

Country Life5 min read
Mere Moth Or Merveille Du Jour?
THE names of our butterflies are so familiar now that it is easy to miss how strange they are. Some are baldly descriptive: there’s a large white (Pieris brassicae) and a small white (Pieris rapae); a large blue (Phengaris arion) and a small blue (Cu
Country Life5 min read
A Haunt Of Ancient Peace
The gardens at Iford Manor, near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire The home of the Cartwright-Hignett family OH, to have been a fly on the wall in 1898 when Henry Avray Tipping first cycled down the steep hill just outside Bradford-on-Avon and saw below hi
Country Life6 min read
This Is How We Brew It
DRIFT a short way east of the Cotswolds to the cobbles and spires of Oxford and you’ll find the site of England’s first coffeehouse, which opened in the early 1650s. It’s reported to have been a meeting place for enlightened thinkers, although it’s a

Related Books & Audiobooks