Homes & Antiques

HIDDEN treasure

When John Cramp first came to view his future home, a Victorian cottage in New Romney, Kent, the house was so hidden behind a tangle of greenery, he had to return to the estate agent to ask how to find it. ‘What looked like a hedge was actually an entrance hidden behind bushes,’ he says. When he eventually made his way through, he found the front door ajar and a tiny old lady beckoning him in. It was a strange and magical experience, he says. ‘Like a fairy story,

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