Country Homes & Interiors

SEA CHANGE

When the purchase of a seaside home in Sussex fell through, the Banburys were devastated. It had been their dream to buy a house by the water. ‘Rather than putting us off, it refuelled our determination,’ says Jane. ‘We started looking further afield.’

So, when a one-time smugglers’ cottage came up for sale online, they took a five-hour drive from Kent to Lee Beach, a tiny hamlet near Ilfracombe in Devon, famed for its

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