‘It has exactly the kind of slightly perfectly imperfect look that I was going for’
hen Sarah Southwell requested a viewing of a Somerset manor that needed updating, her estate agent was adamant in his response, “You’re not going to want to see this, it needs so much work; it needs a whole new heating system, rewiring and replastering.” Sarah was steadfast in her reply. “I said, ‘No, no, I really do!’,” she laughs at the recollection. Built in 1650 and Grade II listed, the manor is situated on the Somerset levels,