Vandamm house

The writer Daphne du Maurier was fascinated by the English country house. Jeremy Musson explores her evocation of these buildings with the help of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice

On the verge of starting this self-build, a late change of design proved to be the making of this Devonian house on a bend

This week’s dream: a little corner of Blighty ...

To mark half a century since Agatha Christie’s death, we welcome you inside the literary doyenne’s rural retreat – her sanctuary from the harsh world of press and public

Architect Alastair Bowden tells Coast how a steep site in North Devon was transformed into a low-energy coastal sanctuary with panoramic sea views

The success of Jorge and Carin’s Kent extension owed itself to clever design solutions and a combination of talents