The Grade II listed home that inspired author A.A. Milne to write Winnie the Pooh has had £75,000 slashed off its asking price.
The building, which served as a tea shop for several decades, was built in 1790 in Bristol‘s Clifton village.
But now the two-bedroom terraced property in Clifton has fallen in price after going on sale in 2024 for £675,000.
The tea shop was frequented by children’s author A.A. Milne and his friend and artist E.H. Shepard in the 1920s.
During one of their visits, Shepard is believed to have sketched a ‘silly old bear’ that was inspired by Milne’s son Christopher’s teddy bear.
Winnie the Pooh was born.
Later on, in the 1930s, Shepard created his one and only oil painting of Winnie the Pooh.
He donated it to the tea shop where it was on proud display for many years, according to Haighs – the estate agents selling the house.
This led to the house being named ‘Pooh Corner’ by locals, a nickname passed down through the generations.
The building, that served as a tea shop for several decades, was built in 1790 in Bristol’s Clifton village
The tea shop that was in this house was frequented by children’s author A.A. Milne and his friend and artist E.H. Shepard in the 1920s
During one of their visits, it is believed that Shepard first sketched the ideas of a ‘silly old bear’, inspired by Milne’s son Christopher’s teddy bear, and Winnie the Pooh was born
It is still available on the market for £600,000.
The property boasts four floors and has a distinctive curved front.
The painting of Winnie the Pooh was kept in the tea shop until it closed in the 1950s. It was later sold but reappeared in a private collection in the 1970s and was then put up for auction in 2000.
Residents of Winnipeg, in Canada, believed a soldier from their town inspired the bear’s name and so banded together to bid more than £124,000 at a Sotheby’s auction to get their hands on the signed painting.
The painting is now housed in a museum in Winnipeg.
The group said Milne named his iconic character after a Canadian black bear cub he took his son Christopher to see at London Zoo.
The bear was purchased by Harry Colebourn in Ontario, Canada in 1914 but went to live at London Zoo after he was posted to the Western Front.
He had to leave the bear in London after the war due to quarantine regulations.
Now the two-bedroom terraced property in Clifton has fallen in price after going on sale in 2024 for £675,000
Winnie the Pooh first appeared in a children’s Christmas story by A.A. Milne in the London Evening News in 1925.
A Haighs spokesman said: ‘There are houses that have an interesting tale to tell, and this adorable Grade II Listed terrace is most definitely in that category!
‘Nowadays, the house offers charm and character in abundance over four floors, with two bedrooms, two large reception rooms and a kitchen in the road-level ‘lower’ ground floor.’
