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The Old Nursery (Atherfield Green, Isle of Wight)

A picture of my home, The Old Nursery, a 16th century grade 2 listed thatched cottage, nestled in the small hamlet of Atherfield Green on the Isle of Wight. Although a lot of this cottage’s history has been long forgotten, we have reason to believe it was once used as a sugarless cottage, and has been built in part from the salvage of ship wrecks found along the nearby coastline. In recent history the cottage, and its grounds, were used as a small nursery (hence its name), with the remnants of the old apple orchard still surviving.

 

We also have a barn on our grounds, converted into two self catered holiday cottages. If you are interested in finding out more on this, or would like to visit, please follow the links to English Country Cottage’s website for Bluebell and Heather cottage.

 

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Uploaded on December 15, 2008
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