The Wooster Papers

Places, in Chuffnell Regis

Seaview Cottage

Also cottage, the cottage, the house, a cottage, a country cottage, the very shack, a cottage down by the harbour, the rural retreat

The cottage on the harbour at Chuffnell Regis that Bertie rents from Chuffy to play the banjolele in peace, burnt down when Brinkley upsets a lamp.

In each book 2 books
  • In Thank You, Jeeves
    The cottage on the harbour at Chuffnell Regis that Bertie rents from Chuffy to play the banjolele in peace, burnt down when Brinkley upsets a lamp.
  • In Much Obliged, Jeeves
    The cottage Bertie had at Chuffnell Regis, which Bingley set on fire and now blames on Bertie.

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Scenes set here

  1. Bertie stands smoking at the door of Seaview Cottage, Chuffnell Regis.Chapter 2, Seaview Cottage
  2. Bertie persuades a seething Chuffy that the kiss was brotherly, and Chuffy, resolved to marry Pauline regardless of money, plans to send Jeeves into Stoker's service to carry his letters.Chapter 6, Seaview Cottage
  3. Restless, Bertie tells his gloomy new valet Brinkley he will dine out in Bristol and gives him the evening off.Chapter 6, Seaview Cottage, as the cottage
  4. Unable to sleep for grief over the broken romance, Bertie comes down for a whisky and finds Pauline's note saying she has taken a boat and his overcoat, then a knock comes at the door.Chapter 10, Seaview Cottage
  5. Expecting Sergeant Voules, Bertie instead finds J. Washburn Stoker, who searches the cottage for Pauline, finds nothing, and leaves apologising after Bertie insists she is not infatuated with him.Chapter 10, Seaview Cottage, as the house
  6. Bertie wakes undisturbed at half past ten on a fine morning and goes down to the kitchen for breakfast.Chapter 10, Seaview Cottage
  7. Unable to wash off the polish, Bertie finds a drunken Brinkley wrecking the cottage, is chased into the bedroom by him with a carving knife as the Devil, keeps quiet when Sergeant Voules arrives, and flees through the window after Brinkley upsets a lamp and sets the cottage ablaze, leaving the banjolele behind.Chapter 13, Seaview Cottage, as the cottage

Scenes it is in

  1. Back at the cottage at midnight, Bertie finds Pauline Stoker sitting up in his bed in his heliotrope pyjamas.Chapters 6–8, Bertie's bedroom at the cottage, as the rural retreat
  2. Carried up to his bed, Bertie finds Pauline gone, but she emerges from the hanging cupboard in his pyjamas, Chuffy accuses her of still loving Bertie, she tells him she hates him, and he storms out and falls down the stairs.Chapters 9–10, Bertie's bedroom at the cottage, as the house

Talked about, but not there

Thank You, Jeeves 13 scenes
  1. Given an ultimatum by the building manager to stop playing or leave, Bertie decides to move to a country cottage, and Jeeves gives notice rather than live with the banjolele, which Bertie accepts.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat, as a cottage
  2. Bertie meets Chuffy in Piccadilly, learns he is lunching with Sir Roderick Glossop, rents a cottage at Chuffnell Regis from him, and tells him he has parted with Jeeves, whereupon Chuffy decides to call at the flat.Chapter 2, Piccadilly, as the very shack
  3. Dressing for dinner, Bertie relents and offers to keep Jeeves on, but Jeeves still won't stand the banjolele and reveals he has already taken service with Chuffy.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat, as a cottage
  4. On a bench in the shrubbery Pauline tells Bertie she is crazy about Chuffy and asks him to hint that Chuffy should speak, until Jeeves appears.Chapters 4–6, the rustic bench, as this cottage
  5. Jeeves tells how a fight between Dwight and Seabury became a general brawl, Stoker withdrew from buying the Hall, Chuffy insulted him, Pauline was confined to the yacht, and Chuffy overheard about the kiss.Chapter 6, Jeeves's quarters, as your cottage
  6. It is Sergeant Voules and his nephew Constable Dobson about the broken window; Bertie blames Brinkley and refuses to let them search the house, and Voules complains of the police being shackled.Chapter 8, the front door, as your residence
  7. Bertie tells Jeeves of the night's disasters and Chuffy's row with Pauline, and Jeeves brings an invitation to dinner from Stoker, whom he has talked out of thinking Bertie mad; they agree Bertie will tell Pauline that Chuffy is pining, and remain at odds over the banjolele.Chapter 11, the cottage garden, as your house
  8. Stoker shows Bertie into a guest state-room, slams and locks the door on him, and ignores his calls.Chapters 11–12, the state-room, as your cottage
  9. Landed safely from the yacht in blackface, Bertie thanks Jeeves, who advises him to wash, take the 10.21 to London and go abroad, and says he will return to Chuffy's service at the Hall.Chapter 13, Chuffnell Regis, as your cottage
  10. Bertie knocks at the back door of the Hall and the scullerymaid who opens it has hysterics at the sight of his black face.Chapters 13–14, Chuffnell Hall, as the cottage
  11. Glossop, thrown out by Brinkley after a nightmare among Seabury's animals, makes peace with the equally blacked-up Bertie and goes off to clean himself with petrol in Bertie's garage while Bertie heads for the summer-house.Chapter 16, the Dower House, as cottage
  12. Pauline tells Jeeves she will not marry Bertie after all and starts on Chuffy's kippers; the starving Bertie pops up, she shrieks, and Chuffy rushes in and takes her in his arms.Chapters 18–21, Chuffnell Hall, as Mr Wooster’s cottage
  13. Over breakfast after his acquittal Jeeves reveals that he faked the cable about the contested will, and, since he will not serve a married man, asks to come back to Bertie, who gratefully accepts.Chapter 22, the small morning-room, as cottage
Much Obliged, Jeeves 2 scenes
  1. Uneasy at Bingley's confident tip, Bertie walks home and finds Aunt Dahlia doing the Observer crossword.Chapters 8–10, Brinkley Court, as a cottage
  2. Bertie calls on Bingley at 5 Ormond Crescent to ask for the club book, but Bingley patronizes him, boasts of how he stole it to protect his bets on McCorkadale, and Bertie leaves having achieved nothing.Chapter 11, the library, as that cottage