In this issue

A new lease of life
A light touch is needed to restore furniture, finds Arabella Youens.

Get into shape
Start training your young fruit trees now, advises Val Bourne.

The restoration game
Many of our best-loved houses exist due to architects making changes, but that wouldn’t be allowed now, says Hamish Scott.

‘We're the solution, not the problem'

The new CLA president on farming today, family tragedy and grey partridge

5 mins

A building back from the brink

A major restoration project promises to restore and reunite not only a magnificent house, but its landscape as well. Marcus Binney reports on the remarkable work undertaken so far

8 mins

The big list

To describe a building as ‘listed’ is a way of saying it is important, but what does it mean? Roger Bowdler looks at how listing came about and how it has changed

5 mins

The restoration game

Some of our most desirable country houses were almost completely remodelled by the likes of Lutyens, Lorimer, Voysey and Blow. Yet, under current rules, such projects wouldn’t be allowed, says Hamish Scott

6 mins

A new lease of life

A light touch is the secret to sensitive restoration, finds Amelia Thorpe

3 mins

The moody new hue

As range cookers become ever more sophisticated, Aga has launched a dark and glamorous new incarnation, finds Eleanor Doughty

2 mins

Labours of love

Two country houses have flourished under the stewardship of their current owners, whose efforts have turned them into perfect homes

5 mins

A new lease of life

From a windmill to old stables, these conversions pack historical punch

3 mins

A garden restored

At his home at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, Robert Stayner Holford created one of the finest gardens of the Victorian era. Following a major restoration, this little-known gem is once again turning heads, finds Natasha Goodfellow

6 mins

Talking a lot of rot

ONCE upon a time, the three ‘r’s meant reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic. Nowadays, they stand for ‘recycle, repurpose and re-use’.

4 mins

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