The English Home

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Viewing her rural Cheshire home for the first time, Ellie Barlow was taken by its symmetrical frontage and elegant, landscaped gardens. The peaceful setting was idyllic, the surrounding agricultural land and outbuildings were ideal for her horses and dogs, and the interior layout would suit family life with her husband Richard and their young children, Maisie, six and Henry, three. “I made an offer before Richard had even seen it, but I knew he’d love it too,”

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