Hobbit House in the Cotswolds

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This 'Hobbit House' was built without planning permission by a local eccentric artist, as a sheep shed. Some shed! It started as a simple single height building but grew and grew. It took over ten years to build using stone from the nearby fields. It is so well hidden that council did not know about it, but when they did find out the artist was told to stop. This was in the late 90's and the artist just stopped and moved to Scotland, leaving it unfinished. Although the Hobbit House was not finnished to was big enough to live in but now is full of rubbish, has been partly vandalised. Some parts are unstable and the building is starting to crumble. I had heard about this building but could not find it(it's not visable on Google Earth), until earlier this year. I have been back recently and it is now overgrown by ivy and nettles.

The Approach
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The Main Building.
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The East side.
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Turrets & Windows
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The Back
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The Front Door
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Up Close
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And Again
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And Again
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The Living Room
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Going in the front door, tiled floor.
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Inside with stained glass windows and plaster work.
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Another View
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More plaser work
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Hobbit Shelves.
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Someone was buried here.
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There are signs that someone once lived here as there are the remains of a bed and stove. I have many more photos but my mobile camera did not cope with the sunny day very well, and I did not see any hobbits
 
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No way!

That's brilliant. Can you imagine having a few too many pints and then happening upon this place, it would mess with your head. What an utterly brilliant find!!
 
The Hobbit House is...

OMG where in the Cotswolds is this?

The Hobbit's House is called Colin's Barn (the man who built it). Its about 4 miles due east of Prince Charles's house in Gloucestershire, near the village of Chedglow. You have to go down a track then over a couple of fields, it is very well hidden and the locals will not tell you where it is when asked, I tried that!:)
 
Oh my days, that's the most beautiful house I've ever seen !!!
Love it, cracking explore, its the weirdest thing I've seen in a long time. Top marks, jealousy isn't the word..
I'm packing my bags to move in post haste...:)
 
Wow

Wow !

That is just mind blowing ! Awesome find

I always wanted to call my house "Underhill" as I live below the highest point in Plymouth, and no, I am not a die hard Tolkien fan, as I gave up on the books I'm afraid

I'll be your maintenance man when you move in though !

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Tolkien's middle earth.

You may like to know that Tolkien got many of his ideas from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, the otherside of the river severn. He had the idea for 'middle earth' or hell on earth from a place called Lambsquay Woods, a open iron age metal digs now covered in trees which hug the rocks. I went ther last year at dusk and it is the most spookey place. The trees apear to become human and move, I have attached a link (I hope it works) from Geocaching.com, go to the gallery and look at the tree pictures and you will see what I mean!

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7438ca0f-2b2a-40cc-8926-378154db3399
Regards, N.
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...I have attached a link (I hope it works) from Geocaching.com, go to the gallery and look at the tree pictures and you will see what I mean!

The link works okay, but you have to register and log in to be able to see the location. :cry:
It sounds like the inspiration for Fanghorn Forest though! :mrgreen:
 
I was caving in Lambsquay only 2 days ago. It couldbe a bit spooky at night if you were alone. A lot of places in the Cotswolds seem to have Tolkienesque names. But that house is absolutely fantastic. I'll have to go and have a look myself soon.
 
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