It took Laurence and a team of carpenters, model-makers and engineers more than a year to create and it is crammed with wonderful details - Degas’ Little Dancer turns under a spotlight and of course there are purpose-built cabinets stacked with signed copies of the Anholt’s books.

“This is the first time my husband and kids have spent an entire afternoon in one shop - we are absolutely enchanted!” reads a typical entry in the visitor book.

At the back of the shop an oak tree 'grows' through the counter right up into the roofspace on the first floor. As you climb the driftwood staircase, you enter the calm space. of the upstairs gallery which is hung with rotating exhibitions of original illustrations and signed prints by the Anholts.