A thing of beauty

It may be in the middle of a bustling city but Tina Orlando and Ian Waring's Victorian townhouse has the look of a lovely, laid-back rural idyll

- SEÁN O'CONNELL/JULIET BENNING

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THE PROPERTY Victorian townhouse

ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, TV room, playroom, utility room, cloakroom, five bedrooms (three en suite), dressing room, three bathrooms

LOCATION West London

Moving from a loft apartment in New York to a Victorian house in London meant a big change in lifestyle for Tina Orlando and Ian Waring, and their two young children. 'We'd spent eight years stateside - we must have loved it as we moved there only intending to stay for two years,' says Tina.