The English Home

EASTERN INFLUENCE

‘Art brings a scheme alive. Many of the pieces that I collect trigger a memory, which makes them even more meaningful’

he relaxed decor of this Cotswolds home is an apt reflection of the building itself, which owners Charles and Luli Orchard describe as having “developed over time”. Built in local, honey-hued stone, it has Georgian bones, with Victorian additions forming its L-shape. In an echo of that organic footprint, the interiors are populated with a blend of art, books, sculpture, antique furniture and fabrics: testament to

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