Cultural AFFINITY

Walk through the attractive portico entrance of Lucy and Ernest van Vredenburch’s Grade II listed Essex country home and witness a lesson in the virtuosity of keeping the festivities simple. Exquisite art, stylish antiques and vintage glass combine with the glint of soft candlelight and an abundance of natural evergreens to fill the air with promise.

For the van Vredenburch children – Isabella 23, twins Eliza and Saskia, 21 and Hugo, 16 – this striking period property is where they have grown up and each