If any of you saw Dragons’ Den last night you’ll have witnessed the usually hard-headed Peter Jones get in touch with his inner child and fork out £28,000 for a miniature timber-framed Tudor play house.

I’ve never been a big fan of Jones, but I have to admit there was something quite touching  about his spontaneous show of astonishment and delight when the quaint little structure was unveiled by its maker Russell Bowlby.

Jones, however, didn’t completely lose the plot: he bought the playhouse but refused to invest in the business. Just as well, because had he stumped up some cash there’s no knowing how Duncan Bannatyne would have reacted. But it wouldn’t have been pretty.

I’m guessing Jones has a garden big enough to accommodate the Tudor Cottage, but if timber-framed charm is his thing there are plenty of equally enchanting full-sized houses he could  purchase.

Here are a few beauties currently for sale:

1. Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth

 2. Bethersden, Kent

3. Old Woking, Woking, Surrey

4. Hartshorne, Derbyshire

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