About us

English Village Designs was started in the 1980s by Anne Hoskins, when her interests in architecture, painting and 3D design came together. Anne enjoyed making models as a child, but as she sometimes found them too complicated, her designs have as few pieces as technically possible and all the buildings have a firm base to stand on.

Anne's first models, a row of local Tudor cottages and of her village church, were in black and white, but printing in colour proved irresistible. The range expanded and currently there are 21 one sheet models, 5 two sheet models, a water birds diorama and 7 historical dolls to dress.

All the models are designed in her studio at her family home in the Berkshire countryside.