Withnail's farmhouse up for sale
Own a bit of comedy history
The remote Lake District farmhouse featured in the classic comedy film Withnail And I is to be sold.Sleddale Hall in the wilds of Cumbria is to go under the hammer next month, with a starting price of £145,000.
In the 1986 movie, it was Uncle Monty's Cottage – the bleakly remote bolthole where Richard E Grant and Paul McGann’s out-of-work actor characters spend a miserable weekend.
Many of the features used during filming still remain in the building, which dates from around 1802.
Edward Holt, senior land agent of United Unilities, which currently owns the property, said: ‘Sleddale Hall is in one of the quietest parts of the Lake District. I hope it is bought by someone who can restore it. It would make a lovely family home.’
The cottage, which is being sold on February 16, is almost two miles from the nearest public road and is accessible only via a dirt track.
Here’s a scene set in the cottage:
Published: 20 Jan 2009
