Grains OF HISTORY
FEATURE SHARON PARSONS
Designer Peter Ellis readily admits that he and his partner Hamish Davies did not have especially high hopes when they decided to view the 400-year-old Wiltshire malthouse which was to become their home five years ago. “We had a weekend cottage in the New Forest which Hamish inherited from his mother,” Peter explains. “It was charming, but we wanted more space and had set our hearts on finding a classic Georgian rectory in the area instead.”
Two years on, however, the search had proved fruitless, and the couple decided
