The English Home

Enchanting PERSPECTIVE

Standing in the heart of Exmoor National Park, is an unusual weatherboarded home that has views of undulating hills and russet-toned moorland from almost every window. Inside, the natural beauty continues, because owner Sam Godsal has decorated her family home with tones and textures that subtly echo the natural setting, along with some special finds of her own.

This former farmhouse now feels very rooted in its landscape but when it was built, it broke with the traditional architecture of the area. Sam takes up its story: “We think it was built in around 1939 from a double A-frame kit

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