Queen Mary's Dolls' House

Queen Mary's Dolls' House was built for Queen Mary, consort of King George V, by the leading British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens between 1921 and 1924; it includes contributions from over 1,500 of the finest artists, craftsmen and manufacturers of the early 20th century. The house itself is a 1:12 scale model royal home in the Neo-Classical style with movable façade and a drawer at either end, one containing the garage and one the garden; the plinth it stands on contains the workings of the house and a set of cedar drawers. From life below stairs, with a fully functioning kitchen, to the high-society setting of the saloon and dining room, a library bursting with original works by the top literary names of the day, a fully stocked wine cellar and a garden created by Gertrude Jekyll - in a house containing over 1000 miniature items, no detail was forgotten, not even the tiny set of Crown Jewels.