At this time of year, nowhere in Britain has a firmer grip on the public imagination than Rosehill Cottage from The Holiday. In recent years the Nancy Meyers film has overtaken Love Actually as our platonic ideal of a Christmas film; the chocolate-box cottage where Cameron Diaz opened the door to a drunk, gorgeous Jude Law has become the embodiment of a romantic Christmas.

Except, it turns out, little about this beloved movie is as it seems. The Holiday’s devoted following has been rocked in recent months by a series of revelations about Rosehill Cottage.