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    If you have €4.5 million, you can buy the house where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit.

    Jessie Gaynor
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    October 30, 2019, 11:58am

    Are you a very rich house-hunter who loves Tolkien? Well then, much like Bilbo Baggins when Gandalf saved him from those murderous trolls, you’re in luck! The Oxford home where Tolkien lived between 1930 and 1947, and where he wrote The Hobbit as well as parts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is on the market for €4,575,000 (about six million dollars).

    The house boasts six bedrooms as well as a walk-in pantry so you’ll have plenty of space to store food for all seven meals. You can even call it your Hobbit-hole if you must, though given the house’s size, you should probably anticipate some eye-rolling.

    [h/t House Beautiful]

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