The Evening Standard's Tom Marshall reports that 69 Cock Lane, a nondescript semi-detached house in Fetcham, England, might be "Britain's rudest address." I beg to differ, but there are sadly no more Gropecunt Lanes in the age of that word's offensiveness.
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5:55 am Fri
Mar 3, 2017
69 Cock Lane is yours for £449,950, but is it Britain's naughtiest address?
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