Tolkien's House To Be Flattened - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 09-11-2008, 05:55 AM

The back lawn looked ok and the shed was still standing. Will save on landscaping . That expalians wh I was able to get the chunk of wall - it was from where they hacked out the name - I just assumed a lorry had clipped it!

Lalwendë · 09-11-2008, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

The back lawn looked ok and the shed was still standing. Will save on landscaping . That expalians wh I was able to get the chunk of wall - it was from where they hacked out the name - I just assumed a lorry had clipped it!

I bet they've even put the name stone up for sale on eBay.

Anyway, good about the lawn - I've currently got the 'ump on about the evils of turf farming.

Mithalwen · 09-11-2008, 11:39 AM

I suppose the good thing is that it is just the two house and not a huge clump of flats and they may well not be able to build too close to the back fence which runs along the chine - I believe th Tolkiens had a private gate. So thjey may as well leave alone a well tended mature garden as much as possible and merely divide it.

Lalwendë · 09-11-2008, 11:49 AM

Don't think I'd be too keen to build too close to the edge of a ravine on the Jurassic coast either

Mithalwen · 09-11-2008, 12:24 PM

But as ravines go eet ees vairy small ees waffer thin.... and it is on a rocky bit.. not like us with our famous and eroding clay

Mithalwen · 05-02-2009, 08:42 AM

My whimsy took me to Westbourne this morning and it being fine and having a camera to hand I thought I'd go and take a look at the house that may be named Tolkien. The only progress is that there is a huge hoarding blocking view of the site announcing that the development of the two 3/4 bedroom energy efficient houses will be completed in 2010!!! Real sign of the times that... Odd thing is it also said that kitchen/living room would have garden access .. I do hope that means the kitchen and livingrooms. since these houses will sell for around the million mark I would hope they would run to a separate kitchen!

Mithalwen · 08-16-2012, 10:38 AM

Having an illustrious Downer as a houseguest the past few days, an excursion was made to the site of Tolkien's retirement home in Branksome. The replacement houses have been built, and aren't bad as such things go.. though they are very close together... but they have been named not Tolkien but Beren House and Luthien House...

09-11-2008, 05:55 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	The back lawn looked ok and the shed was still standing. Will save on landscaping . That expalians wh I was able to get the chunk of wall - it was from where they hacked out the name - I just assumed a lorry had clipped it! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-11-2008, 11:39 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I suppose the good thing is that it is just the two house and not a huge clump of flats and they may well not be able to build too close to the back fence which runs along the chine - I believe th Tolkiens had a private gate. So thjey may as well leave alone a well tended mature garden as much as possible and merely divide it. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-11-2008, 11:49 AM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Don't think I'd be too keen to build too close to the edge of a ravine on the Jurassic coast either __________________ Gordon's alive!

09-11-2008, 12:24 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	But as ravines go eet ees vairy small ees waffer thin.... and it is on a rocky bit.. not like us with our famous and eroding clay __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-02-2009, 08:42 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Update - there is no news... My whimsy took me to Westbourne this morning and it being fine and having a camera to hand I thought I'd go and take a look at the house that may be named Tolkien. The only progress is that there is a huge hoarding blocking view of the site announcing that the development of the two 3/4 bedroom energy efficient houses will be completed in 2010!!! Real sign of the times that... Odd thing is it also said that kitchen/living room would have garden access .. I do hope that means the kitchen and livingrooms. since these houses will sell for around the million mark I would hope they would run to a separate kitchen! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

08-16-2012, 10:38 AM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Someone did their homework.... Having an illustrious Downer as a houseguest the past few days, an excursion was made to the site of Tolkien's retirement home in Branksome. The replacement houses have been built, and aren't bad as such things go.. though they are very close together... but they have been named not Tolkien but Beren House and Luthien House... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace