... and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.
Literary history was made in the house pictured above. That is Eastwood, by Dunkeld in Perthshire, and Beatrix Potter was staying there when she wrote the letter to her young friend Noel Moore which would become The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The house is for sale (all details here), and if I had the wherewithal I'd buy it like a shot. I know the area well as my parents live close by; it's a beautiful place and its associations make it even more special.