Oval chrome ceiling rack by AGA Cookshop, £249.99 (0800 804 6296; www.agacookshop.co.uk)
Selection of ikat-print cushions by Pentreath & Hall, from £110 (020–7430 2526; www.pentreathhall.com)
Trianon mirror from OKA, £425 (0844 815 7380; www.okadirect.com)
Rare-breed sheepskin rugs by The Fabulous Fleece Company, from £55 each (07796 801818; www.thefabulousfleececompany.co.uk)
The Everhot range is comprised of Britain’s most energy-efficient heat-storage cookers. They run on electricity and are extremely flexible—you can use the hob without firing up the whole cooker. They come in a variety of sizes: the Everhot 60 is £4,755 and the Everhot 100i (left) is £8,120 (www.everhot.co.uk; 01453 890018)
The new Charnwood Bembridge is Defra-exempt for burning wood in smoke-control areas and under 5kW, so perfect for a city sitting room. £996 (www.charnwood.com; 01983 537777)
Hortense poppy placemat by William Yeoward, £19.95 (020–7349 7828; www.williamyeoward.com)
This ‘firewall’ by Esse comes in a range of sizes, from £719 (01282 813235; http://esse.com)
Antique copper-and-gold floor lamp from MADE, £189 (0344 257 1888; www.made.com)
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Dorfold Hall: The 'most neat and beautiful house of brick' that owes its existence to a desperate effort to secure successionDorfold Hall in Cheshire is an outstanding Jacobean house, but was an unexpected product of dynastic disappointment. John Goodall examines the remarkable circumstances of its construction; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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The London house where Rolls-Royce's co-founder Charles Rolls tinkered with his very first car is for sale at £17 millionCharles Rolls, the engineer and co-founder of Rolls-Royce, got his hands dirty when using the stables of this fine London home as a makeshift garage. Annabel Dixon reports.
