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\u201cIt\u2019s such a beautiful house but does need some tender, loving care,\u201d said one neighbour tending the roses in his garden a few doors away on The Street, as the main road through the village is known.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think Richard\u00a0Cadbury, who founded the chocolate company, would probably use the photograph now without doing a bit of fancy touching up first.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe house looks rather neglected. The garden is a bit overgrown, the ivy appears out of control, one window might be going rotten, the fence fell down at one point and the whole place needs a lick of paint.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be glad when it\u2019s sold and hopefully turned back into a family home rather than being let out as an AirBnB.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou get all sorts of folk staying there at the moment, sometimes whole groups of people.<\/p>\n
"Most are nice and absolutely fine, but some play loud music which disturbs our peace, and, of course, there are often car doors slamming late at night.\u201d<\/p>\n
The four-bedroom Grade II-listed house boasts characterful exposed wooden beams and solid oak floors, along with a double garage.<\/p>\n
Outside in the garden is a pond with koi carp and a waterfall.<\/p>\n
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Lottie Woods, from estate agents Jackson-Stops, said: \u201cWeavers has the character and charm as well as an interesting history. <\/p>\n
"It was one of only 12 cottages that\u00a0Cadbury\u00a0featured on their finest chocolate boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The village Stradishall, with its Norman church of St Margaret, was mentioned in the Domesday Book and Lottie added: \u201cIt is a quintessentially English village.\u201d<\/p>\n
But it has expanded with a lot of new housing built since the \u201cWeavers chocolate boxes\u201d went on sale in 1868. <\/p>\n
Despite the growing population, the local school closed many years ago and has long been converted into a house.<\/p>\n
So too have the village hall and the post office. There is now no local shop, while the nearest pub is about a mile away.<\/p>\n
But Kathy Stansford, who lives a few doors away from Weavers in a very similar thatched cottage, said: \u201cI moved here a few years ago during the Covid lockdown and absolutely love the place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really is a very chocolate box-type village, with some of the houses dating back to Medieval times. <\/p>\n
"We\u2019re surrounded by beautiful countryside, the people are lovely and there is a great community spirit among the residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody is rallying round at the moment to try and raise the \u00a3 1.2 million we need to repair the roof at the church.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think it\u2019s kind of nice that one of the village houses once featured on a chocolate box.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another villager, who asked not to be named, said: \u201cMost of us will be glad when Weavers is sold. Some of the people staying there since it became an AirBnB can be a bit of a nuisance.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNot many people know that it used to be on a\u00a0Cadbury\u2019s chocolate box, though.<\/p>\n
"Perhaps we should keep that fairly quiet in case we get inundated with tourists taking photographs!\u201d<\/p>\n
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