‘There were wonderful beamy spaces and rich historical features that added character’
ucked away down an unassuming lane in a pretty Buckinghamshire village is a Grade II listed 15th-century house with beautiful Tudor brickwork, mullion windows and an idiosyncratic charm. Built by a wealthy yeoman who arrived in the village in 1560 and catalysed the needle-making industry from one of the property’s barns, it is an enchanting place. The timber-framed building and dilapidated barns were restored in the 1930s by Commander Getley who added a significant extension, but its vitality has been restored by Harriet and Ted Moynihan under the guidance of interior designer
