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A former rectory once owned by Wordsworth's brother, reimagined to create a state-of-the-art £15m dream home — with one little snag
Palace House — a rectory in Lambeth that's mid-way through an extensive remodelling — will showcase what big money can get you in the capital.
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The gardens at The Old Rectory, East Woodhay: The creation of an owner with a designer's eye and a true feeling for plants
Applying many of the same parameters she uses as an interior designer helped Victoria Wormsley in the renovation of the striking walled garden of The Old Rectory, East Woodhay, Hampshire, finds Tiffany Daneff. Photographs by Mark Bolton.
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A kitchen that shows off 'a fresh country house look... yet with a nod to contemporary style'
Amelia Thorpe takes a look at Max Rollitt's design for a kitchen in a beautiful Georgian rectory.
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A magnificent Victorian house overlooking Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire
The Old Rectory, in Woolstone, offers more than 10,000sq ft of elegant accommodation and views of the racecourse with the Malvern Hills and the Black Mountains beyond.
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Why you shouldn't neglect your ancillary rooms: 'We now live in our kitchens... we want them to be beautiful spaces'
Interior designer and antique dealer Max Rollitt collaborated with custom-cupboard maker Plain English to create this atmospheric pantry in a Georgian rectory. Amelia Thorpe takes a look.
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A gorgeous Georgian house, immaculately refurbished, whose home office has the ultimate Zoom call background
Penny Churchill takes a look at one of the finest houses in one of the finest villages in Cheshire: the Old Rectory in Davenham.
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An idyllic Suffolk rectory with walled garden, croquet lawn and full of 18th century charm
A house in Suffolk's 'Constable country' has come to the market, offering an idyllic rural escape yet within an hour of London. Penny Churchill takes a closer look.
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A spectacular, secluded Cotswolds house with delightful gardens, Aga and tennis court
Penny Churchill casts her eye on a fine old rectory which has been beautifully restored — and shows exactly how the housing market has moved in the last three decades.
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The gardens at the Old Rectory in Litton Cheney, where formal and informal come together in harmony
The Old Rectory in Litton Cheney, Dorset has four acres of gardens with many and varying elements, all drawn beautifully together with the help of Arne Maynard. Christopher Stocks paid a visit; photographs by Britt Willoughby Dyer for Country Life.
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An immaculate former rectory with ten idyllic acres of land yet still enjoying a peaceful village location
For sale in the wonderfully-named village of Ashbocking is a grand former rectory in blissful setting. Penny Churchill reports.
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A superb 17th century rectory with entertaining space, orchard and a swimming pool
This home, built in the 17th century history, has history which stretches back even further in this quaint village in Somerset, yet the latest owners have brought it up to date with everything from a dining kitchen to a heated swimming pool.
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An Old Rectory for sale that 'encapsulates the Georgian dream'
Our property correspondent Penny Churchill comes across a lot of properties, yet she's still clearly entranced by this beautiful family home in Frampton.
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19 delightful properties for sale, as seen in Country Life
Our regular look at some of the best new homes on the market includes a glorious thatched cottage in Devon and a superb Georgian rectory.
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A timeless Grade II-listed refectory in one of Dorset's ancient villages, surrounded by three acres of park-like gardens
Once part of a large estate, The Old Rectory in Nether Compton was built in the early 1820s, with Victorian additions added in the later part of the century and a garden room installed by the current owners during their tenure of over thirty years.
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A perfect former rectory with sweeping driveway, gabled front and five acres of gardens and meadows
After two years' hard work getting the place just right, the owners of this majestic old rectory in Buckinghamshire have been forced to move on – but their loss will be the new buyer's gain, as Penny Churchill explains.
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A beautiful 18th-century rectory transformed by the great George Gilbert Scott
This unusual former rectory a few miles from Lincoln has a rich history, and bears the touch of one of Britain's greatest Victorian architects: Sir George Gilbert Scott.
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A beautiful former rectory on the market in the Hampshire village that Jane Austen called home
Chawton is famous as Jane Austen's former Hampshire home – and one of the finest houses in the village has come to the market.
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A picture-perfect rectory just outside Bath where sense and sensibility have held sway
This fine country rectory just outside Bath has had half a million pounds trimmed from its asking price – a realistic sign of the times, as Penny Churchill reports.
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An immaculate Georgian rectory just outside Salisbury with tennis court, walled garden and easy access to London
The beautiful Old Rectory in this village near Salisbury has come up for sale, a glorious Georgian house full of history that has easy access to London.
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A Grade II-listed former rectory, once owned by Britain’s leading postwar racing car designer
The Old Rectory at Widdington in Essex, the previous home of Brian Lister, has long been one of the most important houses in its village.
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A superb 16th century Cotswolds manor with a very 21st century party barn
The Old Rectory is a quintessential Cotswolds house dating back to the 16th century – with a very 21st-century attraction that's sure to turn heads, as Penny Churchill explains.
