Case Studies

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Church Farmhouse Cottage, Suffolk

This idyllic Suffolk countryside cottage hides a long and varied history that can be traced back to 1612 but was probably built upon an even older site.

Made up of two distinct halves, each side has a different size and shape and the house has no straight walls, floors or regular angles.
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Harveys Villas, Walthamstow

The owner of this Victorian Villa in East London, Jakob Hartman, originally believed that it dated back to 1884 but the house turned out to be far older than it looked. Read more ►

Cliff House, Cullercoats, Northumberland

Today Cullercoats is a bustling town near Newcastle, but two hundred and fifty years ago when Cliff House was first built it was merely a small hamlet. Read more ►

May Road, Twickenham

I live in a small narrow fronted Victorian cottage on May Road in Twickenham. The property was built in the 1890s, during a spurt of house building that coincided with the expansion of railways and trams. Read more ►

Shaw Well

Built in 1860, the house was built on land owned by estate-owner William Lambarde head of an established family in Sevenoaks. Read more ►


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