EASY ELEGANCE

A sophisticated redesign has enhanced the character of Kate and Mark Stone’s period home

- AMELIA THORPE

Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London, designed in the early 20th century as a model community, remains a carefully protected, leafy area with wide, tree-lined roads and spaciously arranged homes. ‘It is such an unusual, tranquil place for London,’ says Kate Stone, who bought a listed Arts and Crafts house on a quiet close with husband, Mark, eight years ago. ‘We have a beautiful garden and a green in front of the house, where the boys love to play football.’