From Titania’s Palace to Dingley Hall – another fairytale ending

A quarter of a century ago, Christie’s sold an amazing doll’s house known as Titania’s Palace. This truly palatial mansion, more miniature museum than dolls’ house, was designed by Sir Nevile Wilkinson over 15 years from 1907-22, when it was opened by Queen Mary. Initially intended for Sir Nevile’s daughter, as the house and project grew it turned into a fund-raising publicity exercise for children’s charities.

When Titania’s Palace was bought by Legoland at auction in 1978 for £135,000, this was an enormous s…

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