Drive into Lavenham High Street and you instantly feel you have stumbled onto the set of a period drama. Lining the main street, half-timbered facades in Mediterranean and pastel colours give this Suf

Constructed in the age of the Industrial Revolution and Jane Austen (give or take a few decades in some cases), each of these Georgian gems has withstood the passage of some 300 years and is now ready for its next chapter

A labour of love LIKE many large Victorian mansions, ...

Old Plawhatch House, Sharpthorne, East Grinstead, East Sussex. An Arts & Crafts-style house on the edge of a village. It has leaded-light windows, open fireplaces, and an oak staircase with a gallery

Before the country-house market begins in earnest–which is later in the northern regions–three handsome houses are launched in the hope of catching the eye of eager would-be buyers

• In March, Marthe Armitage will be 96 ...