 He furnished it himself with furniture purchased from Maple & Co. furniture store.“Too large and too full of footmen to be unremarkable in Surbiton or Upper Norwood, York Cottage in its own context is a monument to the eccentricity of the family who lived there,” Lady Donaldson wrote of the cottage.Today, York Cottage is the estate office for Sandringham; holiday accommodation and flats for estate employees also occupy part of the building.