Stuart Grant, 89, did not set out to create a “Hobbit House” to live in, but that’s exactly what he did. Interestingly, it all began in the early 1980s in Scotland. The retired woodcutter had temporarily moved into an old cow shed in his garden while renovating a house. No one knew his makeshift home was about…
PHOTOS: Man Turns Cow Shed Into ‘Hobbit House’ That Looks Straight Out of Lord of the Rings
October 10, 2022
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