The Manor (Cambridgeshire)

William Cowper, the poet, on observing them whilst walking his dog by the river described them as "two nymphs adorned with every grace".

[2] The house was made famous by its long-term resident, Lucy M. Boston, who bought it in 1939 and rechristened it as Green Knowe and wrote several books set there.

Apart from the fictional St Christopher on the side of the house, almost everything in the books can be found at The Manor.

During the Second World War, she gave gramophone recitals for nearby airmen.

The house remains much as Boston left it on her death in 1990, and is open for visitors by appointment.