An eagle-eyed LEGO fan has spotted the perfect candidate for the real-life version of the latest modular building, 10350 Tudor Corner.
While most LEGO modular buildings draw on archetypes of buildings, businesses and architecture, they’re often a hodgepodge of different locales. But every now and then one comes along that’s emblematic of a very specific place in the world – think 2018’s 10260 Downtown Diner, rooted in 1950s Americana – and 2025’s 10350 Tudor Corner fulfils that brief for Britain.
More specifically it fulfils it for Chester, a Tudor city in the northwest of England. Redditor obsolescencephoto ventured out into their hometown to find the building that most closely mirrored the new modular building, and stumbled across a candidate that’s almost a perfect match in the Coach House Inn. Squirrelled in the city centre, this historic building first opened its doors all the way back in 1840 – and is now a four-star hotel.
Looking at them both side-by-side, the resemblance is uncanny: from the darker ground floor pub frontage (with angled corner) and brick-wall middle floor to the Tudor-style top floor and the double chimneys. There are also bollards outside, just like those placed on the pavement of the LEGO set. And the redditor says a LEGO designer even stayed at their Airbnb – based five minutes’ walk from the Coach House Inn – ‘during lockdown’.
Whether or not this building really did serve as the basis for 10350 Tudor Corner is tricky to say without direct confirmation from the LEGO Group, but the similarities are so striking that it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that it at least provided some inspiration for model designer François Zapf. If you fancy visiting the Coach House Inn in person, you can find out more about the hotel over on its official website.
10350 Tudor Corner is available now, though its day-one gift-with-purchase 40757 Corner Kiosk has already sold out in most regions at LEGO.com. Check out our review of the 20th modular building, and if you haven’t already, head over to our YouTube channel to find out where we’ve ranked it among the complete series so far.
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