Commissions

Commissions, Repair and Refurbishment

  • Do you want a bespoke fantasy or Tudor dolls house made for you by a top dolls house maker?

  • Do you have an idea for an amazing fantasy dolls house that you would like to discuss with Gerry.

  • Do you have a dolls house that you want to extend, restore or repair.

Gerry normally undertakes a small selection of chosen commissions every year, and is always open to enquiries for commissioned work.

If you have an idea for an exciting project dolls house project that you are looking to have hand build by one of the worlds top dolls house artisans, then please use the form below to make contact to discuss your requirements.

Please also use the form below if you are interested in having your existing dolls house extended, refurbished, repaired or restored.

Projects

Project Houses

Here are a few of the recent fantasy style dolls houses and Tudor style dolls house projects that I have been working on.

Please click any image to see more about the individual houses. They are currently all for sale and you can enquire about purchase and shipping prices on each details page by click the purchase enquiry button and sending me a message.

Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Castle Grand - 1/12 Scale Fantasy dolls house
Castle Grand - 1/12 Scale Fantasy dolls house
Cinderella's Castle - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Cinderella's Castle - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
harry-potter-small
Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Modern Vacation House - 1/12 Scale dolls house
Modern Vacation House - 1/12 Scale dolls house
Moonlight Haven - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Moonlight Haven - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Old Curiosity Shop 1 - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Old Curiosity Shop - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house

Harry Potter

Diagon Alley Streets Scene From Harry Potter

Comprising of 6 shops:

Gringotts Wizarding Bank
Sugar Plum’s sweet shop
Slug and Jiggers Apothecary
The Leaky Cauldron
Junk Shop
Flourish and Blots

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 183cm Width x 50cm Depth x 100cm High

Inspired by Harry Potter movies

Base size: 183cm Width x 50cm Depth

Price: POA

Harry Potter 1
Harry Potter 1 - 1/12 Scale Tudor fantasy dolls house village
Harry Potter 4
Harry Potter 4 - 1/12 Scale Tudor fantasy dolls house village

Old Curiosity Shop

Old Curiosity Shop

5 Rooms

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 47cm Width x 42cm Depth x 108cm High

Inspired by Charles Dicken’s Fantasy and Imagination

Base size: 47cm Width x 50cm Depth

Price: POA

Old Curiosity Shop 1
Old Curiosity Shop 1 - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Old Curiosity Shop 2
Old Curiosity Shop 2 - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house

Castle Grand

Castle Grand

6 Rooms

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 52cm Width x 40cm Depth x 152cm High

Inspired by a trip to Disney World Florida

Base size: 53cm Width x 52cm Depth

Price: POA

Castle Grand 2
Castle Grand 2 - 1/12 Scale Fantasy dolls house
Castle Grand 1
Castle Grand 1 - 1/12 Scale Fantasy dolls house

Moonlight Haven

Moonlight Haven

7 Rooms

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 124cm Width x 53cm Depth x 68cm High

Was inspired by a typical English Country Cottage garden

Base size: 124cm Width x 77cm Depth

Price: POA

Moonlight Haven 1
Moonlight Haven - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Moonlight Haven 2
Moonlight Haven - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house

Modern Vacation House

Modern Vacation House

4 Rooms

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 48cm Width x 45cm Depth x 74cm High

Inspired by London Victorian Town house architecture

Base size: 62cm Width x 46cm Depth

Price: POA

Modern Vacation House 1
Modern Vacation House - 1/12 Scale dolls house
Modern Vacation House 2
Modern Vacation House - 1/12 Scale dolls house

Cinderella’s Castle

Cinderella's Castle

6 Rooms

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 66cm Width x 41cm Depth x 145cm High

Inspired by Cinderella’s castle in Disney movies

Base size: 63cm Width x 45cm Depth

Price: POA

Cinderella's Castle 1
Cinderella's Castle - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Cinderella's Castle
Cinderella's Castle - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house

Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms

Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms

5 Rooms

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 74cm Width x 42cm Depth x 75cm High

Inspired by Devon Village Cottage Tea Rooms

Base size: 75cm Width x 42cm Depth

Price: POA

Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms 3
Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms 2
Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house

Bridgewater House

Bridgewater House

8 Rooms

Scale is 1:12

House Size: 78cm Width x 44cm Depth x 90cm High

Tudor Fantasy style inspired by David Winter Cottages

Base size: 77cm Width x 54cm Depth

Price: POA

Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls houses and fantasy dolls houses by Gerry Welch
Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls houses and fantasy dolls houses by Gerry Welch
Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house

Contact

Contact Manorcraft

If you would like to contact Gerry at Manorcraft to discuss a Tudor dolls house or fantasy dolls house, please use the form below or the email or phone number.

Links

The Village:

A large Tudor village sold to Sally Wallace in the USA. Sally is a well known collector of bespoke Tudor and fantasy dolls houses. Clicking on the below button link or picture will take you to her website where you will be able to view pictures of the village furnished.

Gallery

Previous Work

Here you are able to see some examples of Gerry’s previous work and commissions for clients. Please note these are unique and one of a kind fantasy style dolls houses and Tudor style dolls houses.

Country Life

Country life is a typical thatched cottage that can be found in many parts of rural England. Fully lit with real leaded windows, wood flooring, stairs to all floors, inglenook fireplaces and minstrel gallery etc.

A River Runs Through It

Inspired by the film of the same name this house, or rather two houses, are seperated by a small river/ stream with a rather nice bridge to walk across. On the ground floor and to the right is an open market while on the left is a shop. A small path follows the stream and then crosses over a bridge to the entrance of the house on the left. There are eight rooms in total, all fully lit, and as with all my houses, ready for you to furnish to your own taste.

Bridge House

Inspired by the film of the same name this house, or rather two houses, are seperated by a small river/ stream with a rather nice bridge to walk across. On the ground floor and to the right is an open market while on the left is a shop. A small path follows the stream and then crosses over a bridge to the entrance of the house on the left. There are eight rooms in total, all fully lit, and as with all my houses, ready for you to furnish to your own taste.

The Market Place

Inspired by the film of the same name this house, or rather two houses, are seperated by a small river/ stream with a rather nice bridge to walk across. On the ground floor and to the right is an open market while on the left is a shop. A small path follows the stream and then crosses over a bridge to the entrance of the house on the left. There are eight rooms in total, all fully lit, and as with all my houses, ready for you to furnish to your own taste.

The Labyrinth

Originally built to exhibit at the London dolls house festival, this very unusual model was inspired by a David winter house, it’s build was featured month by month in a dolls house magazine. By far the most fantasy creation undertaken yet by Gerry, each room has a theme, there is a secret garden with circular glass roof looking into the sky room, some of the other themes were an ice room, a chess room, fantasy shop, above the fantasy parts the small Tudor village nestled and last but not least a miniature working garden railway circles the house passing through parts of the house.

Wizard's Retreat

One of my favourite smaller fantasy Tudor dolls houses – The Wizard’s Retreat – ideal for people with limited space.

Disney Fantasy Castle

The inspiration for this fantasy castle came whilst I was on a visit to Disneyland, it’s really a scaled down version of the amazing castle that greets you on entering the park, it’s presently in Orlando being used in a TV series called My Yard goes Disney.

About Gerry

Home

Welcome to the new official website of Manorcraft Dolls Houses by Gerry Welch.

Gerry Welch is an established creator of Tudor and fantasy dolls houses. He has designed hundreds of houses in the last 35 years ranging from miniatures to large scale one of a kind creations.  He has built up an enviable reputation for bespoke and artisan dolls houses within the dolls house and miniatures world. His style of Tudor and fantasy dolls houses has often been copied and emulated, but the quality, workmanship, and the attention to detail within his houses is clearly visible and undeniably superior.

Gerry’s projects feature handcrafted, one-of-a-kind, exquisite 1:12 scale houses, making them the perfect collector’s item.  What makes Gerry’s doll’s houses stand out from others is that he puts his heart and soul into his work.

Unlike most other Dolls House makers, Gerry only produces one of a kind Tudor style and fantasy dolls houses, so each house is absolutely unique to the purchaser.

Tudor dolls house and fantasy dolls house commissions are regularly undertaken by Gerry for clients in the UK, Europe, the USA and the far east.  Gerry’s dolls house business Manorcraft, has built up an enviable reputation as one of the premier bespoke Tudor dolls house makers in the world!

He has been featured on numerous TV shows and Magazines including Dolls House TV and Dolls house world magazine in the UK.  He was also commissioned to design a large fantasy castle for Disney channel Disney TV series in the USA which was screened on HGTV.

Some of his works include 2 project magazines for Dolls House and Miniature Scene, working with David Young on Cobblestones, Cottages and Castles for Westcountry TV, the build of the fantasy style ‘ Labyrinth ‘ dolls house for Dolls House and Miniature Scene, working with Dollshouse TV for Dollshouse World Magazine. Both Magazines were sold-out worldwide!

Gerry is currently in Taiwan, a country he visited a few years ago and fell in love with the country.   He then started another workshop there and started building adult collector’s dolls houses.  To his surprise, he found there’s a great interest from any visitors who came to his workshop, so he decided that he wants to bring that interest and hobby of collecting dolls houses to the east!  This is something new to the east so he decided to stay and promote the hobby.

Then in 2021, he was invited to do a solo exhibition at a big university in Taoyuan which over 5000 people came to see his 1/12th scale collector’s dolls houses.

If you are interested in purchasing one of the houses shown here or wish to commission a new house, please do not hesitate to contact Gerry.

Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Bridgewater House - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Castle Grand - 1/12 Scale Fantasy dolls house
Castle Grand - 1/12 Scale Fantasy dolls house
Cinderella's Castle - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Cinderella's Castle - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Harry Potter - 1/12 Scale Tudor fantasy dolls house village
Harry Potter - 1/12 Scale Tudor fantasy dolls house village
Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Ivy Cottage Tea Rooms - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Modern Vacation House - 1/12 Scale dolls house
Modern Vacation House - 1/12 Scale dolls house
Moonlight Haven - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Moonlight Haven - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Old Curiosity Shop 1 - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house
Old Curiosity Shop - 1/12 Scale Tudor dolls house

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