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www.herdwicklandscapes.co.uk
dolls houses & dolls house miniatures
1/24th scale (half scale), 1/12th scale & commissions
e-mail: cottages@herdwicklandscapes.co.uk
tel: 01543 500416 mobile: 07760 373 113
We will build your ideal dolls house
Or if it’s something a little smaller, like furniture and fittings then we can tackle these too.
Contact us with details of what you have in mind and we’ll be pleased to help.
Below are a few examples of commissions we have carried out...
Just click on the images to find out more
Designed and built in 1/24th scale for a customer who has fond memories of time spent at this cottage in her youth. Rose Castle Cottage was formerly owned by Beatrix Potter and is now a National Trust self-catering cottage.
In common with all our cottages, Rose Castle was designed to have removable walls and floors as well as hidden wiring. The pictures below show the model alongside some views of the actual cottage.
A-frame table Chicken dresser
Butter churn Wash tub and wash bat
Milk pail
These fireplaces were built as part of a project to fit out one of our Crosthwaite cottages to resemble Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top.
Our Crosthwaite Cottage in 1825 is the same basic style of cottage as Hill Top and, with a few adaptations, can resemble Beatrix Potter’s home as it appeared when she first moved in.
The open range in the main room
The Adams-style fireplace in the parlour
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This was a commission from a customer who required help with a Brian Frost Tudor House she had recently purchased. The house is a plywood construction and built in the round. Both internally and externally it comes unfinished, so enabling the purchaser to do their own fitting out and decoration. Our customer was happy to do most of the external work but required help with lighting and the fitting of internal features, such as beams, flooring, fireplaces, etc.
At the customers request, we fitted lights and fireplaces with all cable runs and connections hidden, so not to destroy the all-round nature of the house.
Left: the upper living rooms, showing the corner fireplace, candle wheel lights on chains, decorative beams and floorboarding.
Right: the kitchen with its brick inglenook and dog grate fitted. A wooden cross candle light and flagstone floors have also been added.
Right: overall view of the house. As can be seen, the external surfaces are still to be completed by the customer.
Below: a glimpse into the dining room with its panelled walls.
We were also asked to provide the scenic detail upon the base. As the Tudor house contained a water wheel this meant creating a flowing water effect. The customer is going to complete the detailing of the water wheel herself.
Bread car, suspended from ceiling
Flax spinning wheel
Distaff and spindle
Commissions considered of all kinds and in any scale
This 1/12th scale model of a four-poster bed is based upon the example that is to be found in the main bedroom at Hill Top.
