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Having lived in a handsome 16th-century farmhouse in rural Essex for 45 years, downsizing was much less of a wrench for Gill Jerram than she had imagined when an opportunity arose to build a beautiful

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Even though it had yellowing walls and brown carpets, this house was perfect for Joanna Thomson and her husband Ian