2Chill has uncovered 11 of the more unusual:No one is quite sure how this romantic hideaway for two got its name, but sitting above a wooded river ravine called the Dingle, its colannaded front does remind one of a bird cage hanging in a tree.It was designed by James Wyatt for Isaac Hawkins Browne, a wealthy industrialist who returned from his Grand Tour with big ideas for his Shropshire estate.The building remained in use until the 1930s, but became derelict when the main hall was demolished.The Birdhouse has now been restored into a two-floor retreat with a bedroom and kitchen on the lower level and a sitting room on the top level overlooking the pools and pathways of the Dingle, which you are welcome to explore, or simply sit and listen.
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