Calling all muggles, witches, wizards and goblins: a house that featured in the Harry Potter films is up for sale, and it looks just as magical as you’d expect.
Known as Box Cottage, the charming Grade II-listed property dates back to the sixteenth century and is apparently of pretty serious architectural and historical interest.
The house is on Prentice Street in Lavenham, a tiny medieval village in Suffolk, which was used as the backdrop for the Godric’s Hollow scenes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.
Here, Harry and Hermione meet Bathilda Bagshot on their Christmas break, and it’s also the village where Harry was born, where his parents were killed by Lord Voldemort and where the young wizard received his distinctive scar.
However, the scenes weren’t filmed in the town directly. The buildings were filmed, then had their appearance altered using CGI, allowing the actors to be shot in a studio and then superimposed by production teams.
Box Cottage has three bedrooms, a decent-sized back garden and a summerhouse. It also has jettied timber framing, plenty of period features and a mid-twentieth-century extension at the back – allowing a little more space for all of your potion-making and Quidditch-playing.
The asking price for the property is £495,000. You can find out more via estate agents Carter Jonas here.
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