Heritage healing: why historic houses improve wellbeing
Staying in a landmark building has been found to counteract stress and anxiety
by Vanessa Thorpe
Sep 21, 2019
2 minutes
With its low gables and sunny verandahs, the empty former cottage hospital of Winsford is a building like no other in the world. The result of a philanthropic dream shared by a rich widow and a leading Victorian architect, in the 119 years since the ailing people of north Devon were first welcomed under its slate roof, the place has aided many a recovery, including shell-shocked soldiers seeking sanctuary from first
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