HERITAGE Stays
Jan 31, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS ADRIAN MOURBY
The National Trust, English Heritage and the Landmark Trust own hundreds of historic properties across Britain and in quite a few they’ve turned the odd estate cottage, gatehouse or attic apartment into a holiday let.
At Sissinghurst, the old Kent castle that writers Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicolson restored, there is a roomy, rentable brick cottage attached to their famous White Garden. The husband and wife team divided their grounds into floral “rooms”, and this garden was planted with snowy flowers and silver-grey foliage.
The Priest’s House, as it’s called,
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