At the request of wealthy clients, top-notch architects have designed unique but hard-to-sell mansions, and West Chester’s Archer & Buchanan Architecture has had its hand in the action, crafting a hobbit house for Chester County.

“People see all the unique things that are being done, and it inspires them to want something unique,” Peter Archer said in a recent feature by The Wall Street Journal.

In this case, it was a repository of J.R.R. Tolkien memorabilia; in other cases, it’s castles, saloons, basketball courts and more.

Read more about the many quirky creations and their fate at the hands of a real estate market that doesn’t always share their tastes in The Wall Street Journal here.

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Top Photo Credit: Archer & Buchanan