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TUCKED AWAY ON THE KENT COAST, THIS FADED BOATMAN’S COTTAGE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED BY BELINDA BENTON INTO THE PRETTIEST HOUSE ON THE STREET

The garden at Salthrop Manor, Wiltshire The home of Sophie Conran

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

A CHANCE CONVERSATION PROMPTED ANNE AND JOHN TO EMBRACE A RURAL LIFESTYLE AND TRANSFORM A FORMER VICARAGE

Giselle De Hasse transformed an unloved cottage into a bright home with a garden cabin for work and entertaining