The quirky home the place Winnie the Pooh was born has gone up on the market.
The grade II-listed terrace residence on the nook of Wellington Terrace and Royal York Crescent in Clifton, Bristol dates again to 1790, and for a number of a long time was even a preferred tea store.
However what makes the house much more notable is its hyperlinks to Winnie the Pooh, and particularly, EH Shepard the illustrator who introduced AA Milne’s tales to life within the Twenties and 30s for hundreds of thousands of youngsters internationally.
It was throughout its tea store period, that it was commonly frequented by Milne and Shepard and right here that the duo created the very first sketch concepts of the ‘foolish previous bear’.
The grade II-listed terrace residence on the nook of Wellington Terrace and Royal York Crescent in Clifton, Bristol dates again to 1790, and for a number of a long time was even a preferred tea store
One of many reception rooms. What makes the house much more notable is its hyperlinks to Winnie the Pooh, and particularly, EH Shepard the illustrator who introduced AA Milne’s tales to life within the Twenties and 30s for hundreds of thousands of youngsters internationally
The lavatory. It was throughout its tea store period, when it was commonly frequented by Milne and Shepard that the duo created the very first sketch concepts of the ‘foolish previous bear’
The home provides allure and character in abundance over 4 flooring, with two bedrooms, two massive reception rooms and a kitchen within the road-level ‘decrease’ floor ground.
Native property agent Haighs mentioned: ‘It was throughout its tea store period, within the early Twenties, when it was frequented by an writer who was creating tales impressed by his son Christopher’s teddy bear, and a widely known cartoonist and artist.
‘It’s believed that it was throughout certainly one of these visits to the tea store that the primary sketched concepts of a ‘foolish previous bear’ have been drawn and mentioned by writer AA Milne and illustrator EH Shepard, and Winnie The Pooh was born.
‘In a while, most likely within the Nineteen Thirties, Ernest Shepard created an oil portray of Winnie, the one one he ever painted, and donated it to the teashop, the place it was on proud show for a few years… that means this property turned recognized domestically as ‘Pooh Nook,’ he mentioned.
‘There are homes which have an attention-grabbing story to inform, and this lovely Grade II-listed terrace is most undoubtedly in that class. These days, the home provides allure and character in abundance over 4 flooring, with two bedrooms, two massive reception rooms and a kitchen within the road-level ‘decrease’ floor ground.’
The kitchen space; pretty shaker-style strong wooden ground and wall models, in powder blue, with picket handles and picket worktops
The tea store on the nook was certainly referred to as Pooh Nook, and for round 30 years or extra did have a portray by EH Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh – the one one he ever did
The property is believed to have been round because the 1790s. Pictured: An ornate touchdown, on the lower-ground ground
In 2000, lengthy after the Pooh Nook tea rooms closed and the portray had disappeared after being offered into personal palms, it got here up for public sale at Sothebys
The tea store on the nook was certainly referred to as Pooh Nook, and for round 30 years or extra did have a portray by EH Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh – the one one he ever did – hanging proudly inside. However how that took place is one thing of a thriller.
In 2000, lengthy after the Pooh Nook tea rooms closed and the portray had disappeared after being offered into personal palms, it got here up for public sale at Sothebys.
Again then, in October 2000, the Bristol Publish reported the sale and defined that the portray confirmed the well-known bear exterior his home holding a pot of honey, and was painted by EH Shepard within the Nineteen Thirties for the Pooh Nook tea store.
One of many bedrooms. The portray gifted to the teashop confirmed the well-known bear exterior his home holding a pot of honey
The kitchen. The portray was purchased in November 2000 by an web bidder on behalf of the town of Winnipeg in Canada
A fire on the famed home. The actual life stuffed toy bear known as Winnie-the-Pooh was so named by AA Milne’s son Christopher Robin Milne after he visited a real-life bear known as Winnie, or Winnipeg at London Zoo
The portray was purchased in November 2000 by an web bidder on behalf of the town of Winnipeg in Canada. Individuals there had heard concerning the sale and organised a fundraiser to get sufficient cash to purchase the portray for the town.
The actual life stuffed toy bear known as Winnie-the-Pooh was so named by AA Milne’s son Christopher Robin Milne after he visited a real-life bear known as Winnie, or Winnipeg at London Zoo, who had been a mascot for Canadian troops within the Nice Battle.
The home in Clifton is in the marketplace for £675,000, and instructions beautiful views throughout the western finish of the Floating Harbour and throughout to South Bristol. The decrease floor ground at street degree has a kitchen and boiler room basement, the higher floor ground on the degree of the raised pavement has the sitting room and a bed room, the primary ground has a lounge and loo, with a small bed room on the second ground above that.
