I feel it may be worthwhile making a new "Tolkien in the news" forum, seeing as we seem to get so many of these.
Tolkien's house has just been awarded listed status. Here are two articles from the news agencies I trust most.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/o...re/4034751.stm
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/art...358079,00.html
I suppose visiting is out of the question.