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The gorgeous thatched cottage for sale that belonged to EH Shepard, the illustrator who created Winnie-the-Pooh

Dormers is a former home of E.H. Shepard, the cartoonist who worked with A. A. Milne to create the original Winnie-the-Pooh books.

Dormes, Charlwood.

When it comes to the ideal thatched cottage, Dormers — for sale at £1.6m — ticks all the boxes. Actual thatched dormers? Tick. Exposed beams inside and outside? Tick. Mullioned windows with casements? Tick.

What’s more, there is an illustrious former resident: Dormers is one of the former homes of E. H. Shepard, the famed illustrator who drawings brought Winnie-the-Pooh to life for generations of children. Shepard — who we named as one…

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