Winnie-the-Pooh house up for £2m

The Life: The bear of very little brain and his pals may have frolicked in the woods, but the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh was inspired by his six-bedroom house in the English county of East Sussex.

Cotchford Farm, the setting for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is up for sale for the first time in 40 years. Michael Harris / Savills

The bear of very little brain and his pals may have frolicked in the woods, but the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh was inspired by his six-bedroom house in the English county of East Sussex.

AA Milne, the writer, and his family lived at Cotchford Farm, near Ashdown Forest. Pooh country and its now classic locations, such as the Hundred Acre Wood, were based on the actual 500 Acre Wood within Ashdown Forest.

The garden still has a statue of Christopher Robin, a namesake Milne based on his son. It also has a sundial dedicated to Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit and Owl. The statue and sundial were commissioned by Milne's wife, Dorothy.

On the market for the first time in 40 years, the 16th-century house stands on 3.6 hectares of secluded grounds. Coniferous and deciduous woodlands in the east and a stream that marks the property's southern boundary complete the details of a landscape to which Pooh fans could relate.

Inside Pooh Corner is an abundance of exposed timber. The kitchen comes fitted with beechwood work surfaces, a Britannia cooking range with five gas burners and barbecue, and a dishwasher.

Milne bought the place in 1925.

But it has had one more celebrated owner. Brian Jones, the founder of the Rolling Stones, bought the house in 1968. He, however, died a year later at the property.

Savill, a property agency in London, is stating a guide price of £2 million (Dh11.6m). The agency cites Milne's son Christopher's description of the house in his autobiography: "Cotchford was ours and on an autumn morning in 1925 we … drove down to take possession. No, I have got it wrong. It was Cotchford that took possession of us."