Essays, guides and market notes on living with history — gathered over five decades of looking after the finest period homes of the West of England.
To own a Grade-listed house is to hold a chapter of England in trust. We reflect on the joys and responsibilities of period ownership — from sympathetic restoration to the slow art of letting a house tell its own story — and why so few who take it on ever wish to leave.
Read the Essay →From consent for alterations to the realities of ongoing stewardship, a measured guide to acquiring a Grade-listed home with confidence.
Read →Why the former parsonages of England — generous, gardened and gently grand — remain among the most coveted homes a county can offer.
Read →Our view on values, supply and the enduring premium of provenance across the honey-stone counties this season.
Read →Jacobean, Georgian, Regency — a short field guide to dating a country house by its windows, stone and proportion.
Read →Restoring a historic kitchen garden takes seasons, not weekends. Three vendors share what patience returned to them.
Read →For homes of significance, the open market is not always the wisest route. How a private sale can protect both value and dignity.
Read →A considered digest of new instructions, market observations and the occasional essay — delivered four times a year, never more.