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

TASKED WITH MODERNISING THIS GEORGIAN TOWNHOUSE, Studio Duggan USED CHARACTER AND COLOUR TO SERVE JUST THE RIGHT BALANCE OF OLD AND NEW

A very clever (and small) extension has paid big dividends for Janet and Pete Hanson

Being brave allowed Lisa and Lee to bring their neglected property back to life

We were younger then,” says Jennie Marles, turning the pages of a photo album, revealing grainy shots of a complex of semi-industrial buildings – vast, asbestos-roofed sheds housing thousands of inten

In pursuit of a sleek, light-drenched and thoroughly modern home, Sara Mungeam radically remodelled and extended a 1950s house