Little House At The Priory
Range of handmade dressed furniture and accessories in 1/12, 1/24 & 1/48th scales for houses, shops, & gardens.
Little House at the Priory miniatures is a family run business, with Oxfordshire family Veronica and Andrew Norris at the head and family and friends helping in all sorts of ways. They make unique hand-made items for miniature properties in a variety of scales: 1/12th, 1/16th , 1/24th and 1/48th. They are also now the UK reseller for Harts Miniatures (USA) who do wonderful 1/48th and 1/144th houses and furniture kits. Veronica has been making miniatures for well over 10 years. Amongst her beautiful creations, you’ll find everything from baby cribs to 4-posters, all with bedding in different colours, textures and styles; curtains – again in many different colours and styles which are fully lined; there’s dining tables and chairs, bookcases, 3-piece suites and coffee tables – even a grand piano. You’ll also find all kinds of accessories for the dressers and shelving units from ornaments and lamps to scent bottles and potted plants. She also handprints accessories from garden gnomes to the cat that sits on the sofa!
She also designs and makes wallpaper and offers carpets and flooring. The garden isn’t forgotten either with summer houses, log pile stores compete with moss and even chicken coops. Also, amongst the range of 1/48th items are some delightful cottage dioramas and outdoor scenes. Some items are completely unique and handmade while others start life as kits from Petite Properties, Treacle Lane or Petworth Miniatures etc., but then are transformed into dressed OOAK (One of a kind) items.
Little House at the Priory now sell all over the world, and exhibit at shows in this country as well as Europe and Chicago. In 2017 they took over the already established Thame Fair after the previous organisers decided to retire. They also run a brand-new fair in the picturesque Cotswold village of Burford.
Veronica and Andrew have kept to the tradition of supporting a charity at their fairs with a sales table, tombola and raffle. At the Thame Fair they support Breast Cancer Now, and at Burford they support charities such as Sobell House which offers physical, psychological, social and spiritual care to those facing life threatening illness, death and bereavement. They are always very grateful to receive any donations to go onto their charity tables.
