The English Home

Falling INTO PLACE

‘Along with the garden and glorious surroundings, the historic aspect of the building is undoubtedly what appealed to us’

ob Cork and his partner James Hunt first saw the house that is now their home while on a country walk nearly 20 years ago. “We used to live on the other side of the hill, and on one of our rambles, we found ourselves in front of what was obviously a very old, very lovely house, and we fell in love with it on the spot,” Rob says. “After that, we’d walk past it regularly and make a point of peeking through the hedge and

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