Period Living

MAKING NEW MEMORIES

Filled with the echoes of holiday fun, the old mill house holds many happy memories for its owner Tanya Bird. She and her three sons had spent all their holidays there since 2002, leaving busy London life behind them for hazy, lazy Devon days outdoors in the country and on the nearby beach.

As the boys reached their teenage years, however, escapes to the old mill house became less frequent and Tanya began to look at it with different eyes. She decided it was time to

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