Discover remote holiday homes, cosy coastal escapes and an all-out-opulent hotel

After a subdued 2025, early smoke signals suggest a more active year lies ahead for the property market in Somerset and Dorset

WHEN BECKY AND IAN SAW THIS ELEGANT PERIOD PROPERTY IN THEIR MUCH-LOVED HOME TOWN OF COLCHESTER THEY KNEW IT WAS ‘THE ONE’

Leaving London behind, Sophie and Richard Vermont transformed an 18th-century stable block on their farmstead into an idyllic rural retreat

KITCHEN FOCUS

Paula Costa and David Rushford put their own stamp on this historic former post office with a considered blend of old and new, and a calm, neutral palette