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- “The Power of the Dog” ranch was purposefully built for the movie
- The house that inspired it is real, though
- THE BUILDING OF ROSEHILL COTTAGE
- The cottage from The Holiday - let's take a closer look
- Holmbury St Mary, Surrey
- It’s the former home of lauded architect Wallace Neff
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The cottage is the home of Kate Winslet's character, who conducts a home swap with Cameron Diaz's LA mogul, and thus provides the setting for Diaz to fall in love with the dreamy Jude Law amidst her comedy dealings with the English countryside. This Airbnb feels like a larger version of the cottage from The Holiday, with space for 12 in six sumptuous, recently revamped bedrooms. It's located on a 2,400-acre estate and surrounded by beautiful woodland, so it's a perfect spot for a big group getaway in the country. The large farmhouse-style kitchen and dining area are highlights, as is the hidden hot tub awaiting outside. While generally all sets are pulled down after filming is complete, such as the Forrest Gump house or the ancestral home of James Bond, this one seems such a shame. Credit is due to the set designers for creating such a wonderful-looking house in such a short amount of time.
“The Power of the Dog” ranch was purposefully built for the movie
However, Columbia Pictures did provide set shots where you can see the cottage in more detail. “It was a real tourist attraction while it was there.” Despite the fact that it was in a remote area, many people went to see it each day. Anyone who has seen ‘The Holiday’ will undoubtedly recognize the English cottage that prominently features in the movie.
The house that inspired it is real, though
So we took things a step further and tracked down a few of the other memorable The Holiday filming locations — including an architectural gem designed by lauded architect Richard Neutra that may have caught your eye. While Rosehill Cottage might not be real, the humble little brick house that it was based on does exist — and recently got some new owners who weren’t aware of its enduring popularity before moving in. Amazingly, it took production just a couple of weeks to construct and a total of four weeks to fully landscape and make sure the house and its surrounding area looked genuinely like a 200-year-old property. Sorry to be the bearer of genuinely bad news but Rosehill Cottage doesn’t exist. From the impressive open-plan kitchen and chic, yet cozy living area to the state-of-the-art gym and impressive gated driveway landscaped to perfection, Amanda’s house is pretty much the perfect getaway home. However, despite the recognizable exterior, if you look at photos from inside the house, you’ll notice that these aren’t the super-posh, modern interiors we see in the movie.
THE BUILDING OF ROSEHILL COTTAGE
The Tuscan-style property that played the role of Amanda’s house in The Holiday is located at 1883 Orlando Road in San Marino, a small town in Los Angeles County, Calif. and is the former home of esteemed architect Wallace Neff. The exterior scenes where we see Amanda and Ethan’s breakup, Miles and Iris’s first meeting, and her adorable leap for joy upon discovering the property has a pool, were all filmed on location at a stunning seven-bedroom property in California. Both Amanda and Iris’s houses are taken straight out of my letters to Santa, and look like my Christmas real estate wishes come true. So, naturally, I had to track them down and see where one might find the picture-perfect The Holiday houses in real life. In the DVD commentary, Meyers and Hutman say the modern furniture didn’t look right in the cottage sets, though. It began to look too much like the decorating in Amanda’s house, so they went in a more traditional direction.
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As Rosehill Cottage was just a set the entire ‘cottage’ was pulled down and demolished after filming was complete. Anyone visiting the location today would only find an empty field, as it was previously. Taking inspiration from Honeysuckle Cottage, an English country cottage located in Holmbury St Mary, the team began building a house. The house, landscaping, wall, and road leading to the cottage were all built in just two weeks.
This idyllic 300-year-old property is so reminiscent of Honeysuckle Cottage that previous guests have raved about their Holiday-inspired stays here. Equally popular are the country walks taken from the front door, with plenty of cosy pubs and restaurants to try, and the stunning views over the Derbyshire Dales and historic town of Wirksworth. A secluded, sunny garden and log burner inside make this a treat at any time of year. Many of the character features Iris fell for can be found at Honeysuckle Cottage. There's a cosy inglenook fireplace with Jotul log burner in the lounge, exposed timbers and oak joinery throughout, exposed brickwork in the bedrooms and leaded light windows. The quintessentially English cottage in Surrey that inspired Christmas classic, The Holiday, was once a real-life holiday home available to rent on Airbnb.
It’s the former home of lauded architect Wallace Neff
Back at Iris’s house… This hallway from the kitchen leads to a room we see very little of in the movie. At first, the swap seems uneven; Iris revels in the luxury of Amanda’s L.A. Home, while Amanda suffers a series of disappointments in Surrey. Things turn around for Amanda when she meets Iris’ brother Graham (Jude Law). Both Amanda and Graham intend to have a one-night stand, but a romance develops. Things get complicated as only one day remains until Amanda’s flight is scheduled to leave to L.A.
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The bespoke, craftsmen-built, handpainted kitchen with oil-fired Aga is enough to impress any potential suitor, while underfloor heating makes for cosy movie nights in. The interiors for this house in The Holiday were built on a separate soundstage. The real rooms are much more traditional, with most of the original details intact. Because many of the shots were so tight, it was often difficult to get a good view of the interior.
The quaint & Christmassy Surrey village
Notice how the mismatched furniture makes the room feel real and adds so much personality. The White Horse, Graham’s preferred watering hole and place where he reunites with Amanda after thinking she had gone back to LA, is a very real country pub also located in the village of Shere. The scenes around Rosehill cottage were filmed in some of the most photographed villages in Surrey, England, including Godalming and Shere. For anyone taking notes, that’s nowhere near the home used for Amanda’s house but hey, movie magic! The 22-room home which was owned for 40 years by the late comedienne Phyllis Dillier, was chosen for its ‘Old Hollywood’ vibe.
Anyone who has spent any time looking through the TV & Movie houses section of House and History will know many movie homes are nothing but sets. Just like the house from Forrest Gump, or the home in Practical Magic, ‘The Holiday’ house was built from scratch. From this angle, you can see the cute, little alcove across the room. What do you suppose is in the basket on the stair landing? Looks kind of like firewood…perhaps for the upstairs bedroom fireplace?
Because it was just a shell, it was torn down after filming. This lovely cottage in Wales is the ideal base from which to explore the Brecon Beacons National Park, taking in lakes and mountains on a romantic break or trip with friends. Indoors, a muted, earthy colour palette makes for the most soothing of settings for your stay, while the wood and stone exterior creates an image of fairy tale charm, complete with fragrant crawling roses. In 2018, Honeysuckle Cottage was on the market for £650,000 via Hamptons, and some four years later the property was available to book via Airbnb.
Rosehill Cottage is the backdrop for a number of scenes throughout the movie. Mainly those featuring Cameron Diaz as Amanda Woods, the American staying in England. This house appears to be built of stone/rock, doesn’t it? It looks so much larger in this professional shot than it did in the movie!
Ummm, are you getting a bit suspicious yet about this cottage? The couple then decided to bank on the house’s fame and put their Honeysuckle Cottage up on AirBnb as a vacation rental. The news set the internet ablaze, with thousands of media outlets announcing that you can stay at The Holiday cottage (or, as some publications said, you can “go fall in love with Jude Law” in an idyllic setting. Last week when I told you the California house from The Holiday is on the market, you guys told me I should feature Rosehill Cottage next. I think we all fell in love with the charming stone house where Kate Winslet’s character Iris lived.
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