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The Cottage

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Dan is in Stoneleigh to chart the cottage's transformation from humble medieval hovel to modern dream home, with the help of documents in the local abbey.

We would all love to live in a cottage. It is the national fantasy - thatch on the roof, roses over the door, fire in the grate. Dan is in Stoneleigh in the beautiful Warwickshire countryside. The village has barely changed in 500 years, its cottages perfectly preserved. But even better, there is a treasure trove of documents in the local abbey which reveal centuries of daily life in extraordinary detail. Whether it is the pub owner fined for serving poor beer, the widow told to pay for her new home with her best chicken, or the first glass windows in the village, this film charts the cottage's transformation from humble medieval hovel to modern dream home.

59 minutes

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Wed 15 Jul 2020 00:25
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Presenter Dan Cruickshank
Production Company Oxford Film and TV
Series Producer Eleanor Scoones
Director Eleanor Scoones
Executive Producer Patrick Forbes
Executive Producer Stephanie Collins

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