Having discovered Suffolk on their mini honeymoon, they focused their search in the area. When they discovered a 16th-century ...

Sitting on the western fringes of Dartmoor National Park, with views of rolling hills, the house that stole Karen’s heart ...

Think of a classic dolls’ house and you’ll probably picture a perfectly symmetrical building with soft red-brick walls, tall sash windows, detailing around the front door and a hipped roof with ...

The bedroom is regarded by many as an intensely personal space in which to rest and relax and generally escape the pressures of the outside world. But this concept of the bedroom as a private ...

We all know that horrible sinking feeling when your favourite bowl or mug hits the floor. The crack of ceramic on tile is one we all dread. But what if there were a way of repairing broken ceramic and ...

This is probably the twelfth period property we have owned,’ says floral designer Susie Bell of her Grade II-listed Somerset home, and she doubts it’ll be their last. ‘I’m a nomadic soul at heart. As ...

The rooms of Bayham Hall would originally have echoed to the music of society balls held by the 3rd Marquess of Camden, who had the house built as his weekend retreat in 1870. An invitation here would ...

In January a friend sent me an excited text having just discovered Nottingham’s ethereal Grade II*-listed Church Cemetery. Grade II*-listed Church Cemetery in Nottingham opened in 1856. - Heather ...

Ancient Greek city states are thought to have had distinctly different approaches when it came to visitors announcing their arrival. While Spartans would advertise their presence at the door with a ...

Legend has it that tea was discovered by accident when in BC2737 the Chinese emperor Shen Nung saw leaves drop into the water that his servant was boiling for him to drink. At first pans were used to ...

The story of British porcelain starts over 3,000 years ago in China. By around AD100 the Chinese were making hard, high-fired pottery containing kaolin clay and petuntse rock, a material we now call ...

Antiques dealer Will Fisher can’t pinpoint the exact moment his passion for antique chimney pieces began. But by the tender age of 12, he had bought, restored and resold his first fireplace. ‘I must ...