Wealden Times | WT166 | December 2015 | Interiors supplement inside

Top left: former owners have left pictures which they felt it was only fitting
should stay with the house. Above: Carefully positioned items add to the
atmospheric feel of the main hall. Left: a comfy love seat by a leaded window
which looks out towards the church at Wadhurst.
At any time you expect Downton’s
Mrs Patmore to appear
fabrics and pieces of furniture that cleverly combine a
grand past with a distinctly contemporary present.
A beautiful table from Maison in Tunbridge Wells, which
easily seats 14 people, sits in the middle of the room,
complemented by button-backed chairs in two shades of
soft grey linen. An imposing stag-horn chandelier (sourced
from Georgia Lacey) hangs over the table and gives the
room a real hunting-lodge feel – an idea that has been
followed through with carefully placed vintage riding boots
and trunks. The pictures on the walls are an interesting
and eclectic mix of finds, gifts and treasures. Some lovely
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