The English Home

TRUE ROMANCE

Set on the edge of a market town, in the Surrey countryside, this Grade II listed Georgian house would not look out of place in a scene from a period drama, such are the handsome exterior and extensive grounds. Perhaps Leah Lane had this notion in mind when she decided a Georgian property was a must in the move from London with her husband, Rupert. “I am a hopeless romantic and grew up watching period dramas, I have seen them all, with a favourite,” she says. “I loved the idea of living in a Georgian house – the

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