The Chantry
This is one of our local buildings, in Billericay High Street. Dated 1510 the former Hall House was once occupied by Christopher Martin, who was associated with the Pilgrim Fathers & sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620, helping to found the town of Billerica in Maine, which, of course is twinned with our own town & celebrates its 350th Anniversary this year. (2006)
Ye Olde Kings Head Windsor
NEW Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe
The building dates from circa 1750. Since 1851 this was the first and is now the only surviving bakery of authentic Melton Mowbray pork pies, created by Mary Dickinson in the late 1700s. Grandson John was joined by Joseph Morris in 1901 and the name continues to this day.
Bed and Breakfast Green
The custodian of the traditional "Full English Breakfast" and unpretentious hospitality this building is typical of the thousands of B + B's frequented by England's visitors. How often do we see the bicycle chained up outside these establishments and don't we always seem to get the last room at the top of the house with all those stairs to climb with our suitcases! This example is in a terrace in Old Portsmouth.
Bed and Breakfast Yellow
The custodian of the traditional "Full English Breakfast" and unpretentious hospitality this building is typical of the thousands of B + B's frequented by England's visitors. How often do we see the bicycle chained up outside these establishments and don't we always seem to get the last room at the top of the house with all those stairs to climb with our suitcases! This example is in a terrace in Old Portsmouth. Book Shop
It has been a while since we had a Bookshop in the range, but given Hazle's love of books it wasn't going to be long before she created a new one.
The Crooked House
The Crooked House. Lavenham, Suffolk.
Crooked House Tearooms
The Crooked House Tea Rooms, also known as Market
Cross House, was built in Windsor in 1687 as part the Butchers' Shambles. It has remained intact, developing a significant wobble, while the area around it has changed. It is on the High Street and Charlotte Street which is recorded as the shortest street in Britain being only 51 feet 10 inches. The building is very small in comparison to other buildings we have based ceramics on and is also our only crooked building. Therefore the ceramic is smaller - but to the same scale. It will be joined by other crooked and short buildings in the future. Dairy - Barber Shop
The pair of small buildings in Windsor spent approximately 50 years as a Dairy and a Gentleman's Hairdresser.
Delicatessen
A window full of mouth-watering delights from home & abroad- an ever expanding range of delicacies to titillate the taste-buds. This building is based on the Victorian Yorkshire town of Pateley Bridge. The Charles Dickens Museum
48 Doughty Street, London. Built c 1795. Family History Centre
Painted on the Sherlock Holmes bisque this painting celebrates the growing interest in Genealogy & Family History. Created by Carol this piece can also be personalised with your family name.
Personalising Page for more details. Fish and Chips
What more can be said about the humble Fish & Chip shop. The forerunner of the "fast food" era it is still popular family fare today. You can still find a queue outside the "chippy" on a Friday night but it was an even more common sight in the 1960's. The building is late Victorian. The Garden Shop
Based on D. Norton & Son Iromongers in the Market Place, Uppinhgam, Rutland. Home of a respected public school, it's a very attractive small town and well worth a visit - antiques, cream teas, second hand books, outdoor pursuits gear ... all made available in delightful unspoilt independent shops.
Kitchen Shop
Based on an attractive Victorian corner building in Sidmouth, Devon, which has been an ironmonger/hardware/cook shop under the family name Glidoon & Son since 1887. The Royal Theatre
Based on the 19th Century theatre in Northampton, this building was designed by Charles John Phipps, one Britain's most prolific Victorian theatre architects with over forty buildings to his credit, starting with the Bath Theatre in 1863 and including the Savoy Theatre (London 1881) and finishing with Her Majesty's Theatre, London, completed in 1897, the last year of his life. This particular theatre is a real gem inside and well worth a visit. There are a few features about it that are unusual - the name - usually they were called 'Theatre Royal' The ceramic itself is enhanced with 22 carat gold hand painted. And why the 'Othello' poster? Errol Flynn - of swash-buckling fame - was in Northampton in his early acting years and played in Othello at the theatre!
Sherlock Holmes
'221b' Baker Street 'home' of the celebrated (fictitious-honestly!) criminal investigator, Sherlock Holmes and trusty colleague Dr. Watson. The ceramic is painted with Holmes playing the violin in the left hand upstairs window and his 'hubble-bubble' pipe in the right window. Mrs. Hudson's (housekeeper) drawing room is on the ground floor. There are railings of cast metal and a metal lamp post. This is the first ceramic we have added metalwork to.
The Sun Inn
Immediately to the right of the Canterbury Cathedral gates stands this classic 15th C pilgrims hostelry known originally as The Sun Inn.
Teashop and Telephone
Based on a Tudor coaching Inn of 1567 (see Teashop and Roses) this building has the classic red Public Telephone Box outside. Many of these boxes were replaced by modern yellow and grey and glass boxes in the 1980s but by public demand many have been reinstated or maintained. The Toy Shop
A child-like imagination and a little money are all that is needed for hours of fun with these hand-made toys and model kits.
The Travel Shop
Wisteria Tea Rooms
I've been searching for the 'perfect' teashop - the one of our imaginations, you know the one, it has beautiful climbing roses round the dor, pretty windows an interesting roof and twisting chimney etc oh, and would make a great Hazle Ceramic - so where is it? I've sampled quite a few great teashops, had some seriously yummy cream teas - but the perfect chocolate box teashop has been elusive. All photographic suggestions gratefully received.
