We are Annette Matthews and David Best, our interest in Maine Coon's started in 1996,our first kittens were born in 97, since then we  have slowly built up to  about 4 to 5 litters per year .

Of course we all want large, healthy, show standard kittens, but we would always put temperament and very friendly at the top our list, as we believe that a Maine Coon that  has a lack of confidence and is unfriendly makes  a  very poor pet, an unshowable show cat, and possibly a quite unhappy cat.

That's not fair

The lodge pictured above is home to us both 

and all of the cats, the lodge was built

in around 1830 by Lady Anne Gore-Langton,

  daughter of the second Duke of Buckingham

and Chandos.

It is set in just under 6 acres of parkland which was designed and planted in 1874 by someone  named Buttles,

it was therefore named Buttles Plantation.

The trees are mostly

hardwood, but perhaps the most impressive are

3 Giant Sequoia's which are individually over

100 feet high.

Both Annette and myself feel very privileged

to live here,

but rather humble. 

The Lodge February 2009