A folly for all seasons
Apr 07, 2021
3 minutes
Photographs by James McDonald
WHAT do an Irish countess, an American decorator and a Catalan lampshade designer have in common? They have all had a hand in the fortunes of one of England’s most romantic follies. The Summer House, hidden away in Hampshire, is a flint-stoned eyecatcher that its owner William Thuillier uses as a weekend retreat from London with his partner, Alvaro Picardo, a decorative artist who paints lampshades, and their Romanian rescue hound, Henry.
Mr Thuillier relishes the fact that it is a world
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