Country Homes & Interiors

PARISH GEM

“THE ANNUAL VILLAGE FETE USED TO BE HELD ON THE LAWN. WE’VE HAD MANY PEOPLE TELL US THEY’VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR YEARS”

enovating a period home is rarely a quick process. But Amanda and her husband James, with their shared vision of a blissful country home, were prepared to take the long view. Ten years after acquiring the Old Rectory, a Georgian house in an Oxfordshire village, their

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