Harry Potter may have spent his childhood years sleeping in a cupboard under the stairs at 4 Privet Drive , but his origin story really begins at Godric ’s Hollow , the quaint hamlet where Harry ’s parent lived when he was a sister . There , Voldemort first meet his downfall and Harry became “ The male child Who exist . ” Now , The Telegraphreportsthat the historic home that served as Godric ’s Hollow in 2010’sHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : Part 1is on the market — give fans the rare chance to own a fabricated opus of wizarding history .
Known as the de Vere House , the historical home is located in the medieval village of Lavenham , in Suffolk , England . The area ’s wealthy non - majestic family , the de Veres , possess the home from the 14th to the 17th centuries , and it ’s said that King Henry VIII once paid a sojourn to the attribute during a hunting trip in 1498 .
grant to current homeowner Tony and Jane Ranzetta , Harry Potterproducers used creative editing techniques to transmute footage of the de Vere House into the village of Godric ’s Hollow : " The crew arrived without actors and filmed both the front and the back in the top of summertime , ” TonytoldThe Telegraphin 2012 . " They then used constituent of the firm like pieces of a massive three dimensional jigsaw , cutting and pasting them to form the streets of Godric ’s Hollow . ”
Historic and bolt down culture credentials aside , de Vere House — a six - bedchamber structure that ’s currently divide in two — is replete with entertaining spaces , and has two kitchen and a dining way . The backyard has a peak garden and an outdoor dining patio , and the prop also moderate an honest-to-goodness stable , garden hut , and a kitchen garden .
This is n’t the first clip de Vere House has reach the mart : The Ranzettas first listed the home for sale in 2012 , but for unknown reason , it did n’t sell . That say , it ’s of course a attractor for tourists , so whoever purchase it will need to be comfy with cameras — and with shelling out a cool £ 995,000 ( about $ 1.3 million ) for their magical new digs .
Check out some photos of Harry Potter ’s “ provenance ” below , or visit the home’sonline listingfor more details .
[ h / tThe Telegraph ]
