Stunning country home of tragic Rolling Stone and Winnie the Pooh on the market for £1.9 million

The picturesque Cotchford Farm was the site of a great literary inspiration and a devastating rock'n'roll death last century



A stunning country estate with an important place in literature and rock'n'roll legend has been put on the market.

Incredibly rural retreat Cotchford Farm was the childhood home of Christopher Robin Milne in the 1920s, and laster inspired his father AA Milne to create the Winnie-the-Pooh books with the local area now commonly referred to as 'Pooh Country'.

The property, in East Sussex, was also the setting for the tragic death of boyish Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones when he drowned there in 1968.

Now, the historic home has gone on the market for £1.895 million.

AA Milne was inspired to pen the popular bear's tales after watching Christopher Robin explore the area with his beloved teddy bear, Edward.





Places in the books such as the 100 Acre Wood, Galleon's Lap, Poohsticks Bridge and Pooh Corner are all based on nearby locations.

But while the early years of the 20th Century at Cotchford Farm were full of fun and exploration, its later history is more tragic.

In 1968 Jones, founding member of the Rolling Stones, bought the farm near Hartfield.



But less than a year later, aged just 27, the rock star was found motionless at the bottom of the swimming pool.

A coroner ruled it was death by misadventure, with alcohol and drugs found in Jones' system.

However, for years there have been rumours the troubled musician had actually been murdered.



Keith Richards, who always referred to Cotchford Farm as 'Winnie-the-Pooh's house', wrote in his autobiography how Frank Thorogood had made a deathbed confession he had killed Jones by drowning him.

Thorogood was Jones' builder and one of three people who were with Jones the day he died.

The six-bedroom home, which dates back as far as the 16th Century, has been put onto the market for the first time in more than 40 years.





Robert Jacobs, from Savills Tunbridge Wells, said: "Cotchford Farm presents the opportunity to buy not just a delightful family home but a slice of British history.

"It is rare to come across a property that has been home to not one but two iconic British figures, more than that it is a much loved, and idyllic family home in a wonderful, world renowned setting."

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