A sense of delight

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

The gardens at Glenarm Castle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland The home of Randal and Aurora McDonnell

Kate Atchley has built herself a contemporary haven in the Scottish countryside that is warm, characterful and eco-friendly

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day

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

As the sun rises over Mollan House in Thornhill, Iain Howieson is already out in the three-acre garden he shares with his wife Ruth. For an hour or so each day he wanders the paths that wind through t