The Tolkien coastal home to be demolished
Published on: 10th September, 2007
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The bungalow Tolkien and his wife retired to in Poole, Dorset, England is to knocked down to make way for a new development.
Tolkien sold the seaview home for £23 000 to a Mr. Frankel and moved to Oxford after his wife Edith died in 1972. Mr Frankel just sold the home to a property developer for a cool £1 million.
The developer has applied and been granted permission to demolish and replace with 2 four bedroom family homes. Mr. Frankel is having an open house session for any Tolkien fans wishing to have a last look around before the home is knocked down. There are also some items for sale that were owned by Tolkien but left in the property when he left.
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Why not just move the home ?
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I have a feeling that if the developer is willing to sell articles from within the home, he’d be more then happy to sell it to a collector. However, small homes of famous authors, as cool as they may be, are expensive and large collectors items.
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This has happened to much to famous homes. BURN THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS!
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