Tranquil undulating meadows, dotted with polo ponies and often blanketed in frost at Christmas time, form a peaceful backdrop to Sally and Harry Arbuthnot’s Sussex home.
The couple bought the farmhouse just before lockdown when, not being able to see friends or family, it became their all-consuming project. ‘Both our children, David and Sophie, are now married and have flown the nest,’ Sally explains. ‘As this property included several outbuildings, two cottages, a barn to convert and a