GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN’S HOME
The heart-wrenching story of author AA Milne’s relationship with his son, the ‘real Christopher Robin’, is currently playing out in cinemas all over the UK.
Goodbye Christopher Robin, starring Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson, has garnered rave reviews.
The movie uses the real country home of AA Milne as a film location for several scenes, a property which has been on the market for over a year at £1.895 million. AA Milne bought the property in 1924 as a country retreat for his family, who went on to live there for more than 30 years.
The 16th-century Grade II listed country house close to Ashdown Forest in East Sussex is set in 9.5 acres, with the 100 Acre Wood and Pooh Sticks bridge just down the road.
It has six bedrooms and four reception rooms and many original features including exposed timbers and beams, oak framed windows plus flagstone and polished brick flooring.
There’s also a grand oakpanelled dining room as well as gardens, a paddock and woodland.
The house also includes a statue in its garden of Christopher Robin and a sundial with the engraving: “This warm and sunny spot belongs to Pooh, and here he wonders what it’s time to do”.
Cotchford Farm has now sold and the vendor’s patience has paid off – agent Savills found a buyer prepared to pay full price for the property.