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Houses
A RIBA-award-winning Georgian farmhouse beautifully restored for modern life
Keen to take a creative approach to the renovation of their Gloucestershire farmhouse, its owners commissioned award-winning architect Alison Brooks to radically reimagine the internal space of the late-Georgian main house and an unappealing extension
By David Nicholls
Historical Country Houses
A distinguished Georgian house gently modernised by its historian owner
In an extract from ‘Romantics & Classics: Style in the English Country House’, step inside the wonderful Beckside House, an eighteenth-century house in Lancashire
By Jeremy Musson
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An irresistible Georgian house in a flower-filled valley
Hidden in a Somerset valley, this centuries old house was an irresistible challenge for its owners, who put together a team including architect Ptolemy Dean for the painstaking restoration, which won a Georgian Group award in 2015
By Celina Fox
Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
Tech entrepreneur Rose Hulse brings sophisticated comfort to her Georgian home
Californian tech entrepreneur Rose Hulse has brought a fresh perspective to the renovation of a Georgian house in the West Country, combining sensitivity to its origins with her desire to create a colourful and comfortable home for her family
By Virginia Fraser
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Henriette von Stockhausen brings elegance and harmony to a Georgian country house
With a large family and frequent guests, the owner of this house in Hampshire tasked Henriette von Stockhausen with creating elegant and versatile interiors that help to tie together the original Georgian rooms and a recent extension
By Elfreda Pownall
Country
The couple who turned 'the most perfect small estate in Scotland' in to a thriving home and business
More than a decade after inheriting their Perthshire estate, James and Caroline Inchyra have realised its full potential, turning this bustling family home into the setting for three thriving business ventures
By Liz Elliot
Quiet Interiors
The home of cult lighting brand Ochre's director balances minimalism with Georgian elegance
Georgian elegance meets modern minimalism in this London family house owned by two creatives, who have employed a mix of reclaimed materials and contemporary pieces to eye-catching effect
By Elfreda Pownall
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A Georgian house decorated by Ben Pentreath in his layered signature style
The search for a London pied-à-terre brought Ben Pentreath’s clients unexpectedly to this Georgian house, which he has reconfigured and decorated in his layered signature style.
By Fiona McKenzie Johnston
Makers at Home
Gilder Claire Mosley's perfect restoration of a ravaged Georgian house
As specialists in reviving vintage pieces, gilder Clare Mosley and her husband Mark Bicknell had the ideal skills to restore a ravaged Georgian house in south London
By Liz Elliot
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A neo-classical idyll in the Sussex countryside with elegant interiors by Edward Bulmer
At Pitshill – winner of a Georgian Group Architectural Award last year – Edward Bulmer’s work on the interiors celebrates the sensitively restored period details and makes space for modern life
By Jeremy Musson
City
A perfectly proportioned Georgian townhouse with a graceful simplicity
In a double-fronted Georgian town house in Ludlow, designer Caroline Harrowby has used a soft colour palette and elegant furnishings to enhance the classical proportions of once dark interiors
By Caroline Clifton-Mogg
Country
A charming country house in the Essex flatlands with an extraordinary history
Bradwell Lodge, a fifteenth century house with an exquisite late-eighteenth-century addition by John Johnson, is the perfect English country house in miniature
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A Georgian cottage with expertly layered interiors by Ben Pentreath
Ben Pentreath has created a masterclass in mixing colour and pattern at this diminutive early Georgian cottage in Highgate
By Virginia Clark
Design Ideas
How Gabby Deeming brought identity and permanence to her rental flat
With one eye firmly on the purse strings, House & Garden's Gabby Deeming explains how she brought style to her rented flat in Bloomsbury
By Gabby Deeming
Makers at Home
The home of the founders of iconic London shop Jamb
Liz Elliot meets antiques dealer Will Fisher, the founder of Jamb in Pimlico Road, a quintessentially British company, which he now runs together with his wife, Charlotte, selling antiques and beautifully made reproductions
By Liz Elliot
City
A dream eighteenth-century house in Bath restored by designer Patrick Williams
With a characteristic respect for the fabric of this eighteenth-century house in Bath, designer Patrick Williams has carefully transformed it into a welcoming home and B&B
By Hatta Byng
Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
A townhouse in Chelsea transformed by David Mlinaric into a luxurious family home
When David Mlinaric was presented with an an ill-served London townhouse, he brought in expert former colleagues and an array of British artisans to reinstate its Georgian character, while transforming it into an elegant family home
By David Nicholls
Country
Faringdon House: the Palladian gem immortalised in Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love
The extraordinary story of Faringdon House: the Palladian gem immortalised in Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love. The eccentric Lord Berners, the inspiration for the character Lord Merlin, unexpectedly left the house to the 25 year old writer Sofka Zinovieff. Here we revisit our April 2016 piece on the extraordinary story of this home as the BBC adaptation hits screens
By Olinda Adeane
Makers at Home
A seaside home that is the base for the multifaceted creative life of its owners
Having left their Sussex smallholding for coastal Dorset, Nick Ivins and Bella Pringle now host events including a pop-up gallery and supper club in their Georgian townhouse, which has proved to be as adaptable as they are
By Ros Byam Shaw
Houses by Max Rollitt
The marvellous home and studio of antique dealer and decorator Max Rollitt
Relocating to a house and farm buildings in rural Hampshire six years ago, the antique dealer and decorator Max Rollitt and his wife, movement therapist Jane Watson, have created a relaxed base for their family and their work. Max Rollitt will be giving an online talk with The Calico Club this Wednesday February 17 at 6pm on how to add character with antiques – get your ticket here