Cottagecore...in central London: a Sunday diversion
Stephen Arnell
Broadcast/Streaming Consultant for TV & Film, Writer/Producer (Bob Fosse, Alex Cox, Prince, Sinatra etc), Media/Culture Commentator (BBC Radio, magazines, newspapers), author (novel The Great One published November 2022)
Probably a bit behind the curve, now that 'Goblincore' is apparently the thing. For the last three years, that is.
Something I was working up to be a piece, that no-one actually wanted. Tough for me, I guess, sod 'em.
For those unable to leave the metropolis, where to find actual cottages - NOT mews apartments, but 'proper' cottages.
And others - this one by the Duplex in Clerkenwell:
'The Cottage' 7 Hayne St, Farringdon:
69 Great Percy Street, King's Cross
The Old Curiosity Shop WC2:
Camden Lock Keepers Cottage:
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The Barn, No. 1 Rawstorne Place, in 1993 - now smartened up
No. 1, The Barn. This is a curiosity of uncertain origin, probably built about 1801–2 for Francis Gillyatt in connection with his house at No. 326 St John Street. (fn. 84) It was perhaps some sort of workshop (Gillyatt's outbuildings here included a brewhouse), or accommodation for horses or cows. While the upper floor or floors may have been used for storage of grain or hay, it is unlikely to have been a barn in conventional parlance, and it does not seem to predate the building of the houses around it in St John Street and Rawstorne Street. A brick and timber building of two and half storeys, with some timber framing and a slated mansard roof, it has been often and much altered for a succession of industrial or other uses. In its original form, it appears to have been open on the ground floor on the north side, with a row of timber posts, and was possibly largely or wholly of timber at that time; the roof was most likely tiled originally. After years of dilapidation it was restored in 2001 by Bennetts Associates, architects, and incorporated into a small office complex for the practice.
St Pancras Lock Keepers Cottage:
Story of Hansel and Gretel - Harryhausen Animation (1951)
Hansel and Gretel - Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, with Joan Collins (1983)
Wind in the Willows (Cosgrove Hall 1983 - extended version with omitted chapters)
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