Making history live

Sennowe Park, Norfolk, part 2 The home of Charles and Virginia Temple-Richards

Everingham Park, East Riding of Yorkshire The home of Philip and Helen Guest

Buying a property that includes a ruin carries undoubted romance, but there are caveats, reminds Lucy Denton, who advises on the help at hand

Sennowe Park, Norfolk, part 1 The home of Charles and Virginia Temple-Richards

After a love-at-first-sight viewing, novelist Rudyard Kipling found peace and sanctuary within the walls of this Jacobean house, located in the wooded landscape of the Sussex Weald

Rejuvenating this substantial 19th-century property has been a labour of love for Nina and Sam Ward, but they maintain it’s been worth the setbacks and the expense to achieve their forever home