Surrey Homes | SH18 | April 2016 | Garden supplement inside
The lifestyle magazine for Surrey - Inspiring Interiors, Fabulous Fashion, Delicious Dishes
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Above: Tucked away down a discreet staircase at the back of the house, there is every wine-lover’s dream; a vast, cool cellar built from brick and stone, where<br />
Julian keeps a prized collection of wine. A rustic table is the perfect spot for Julian and fellow wine-lovers to sample favourite wines<br />
shared bathroom with pretty pearly pink and purple<br />
Fired Earth tiles. Top of Philippa’s wish list was a<br />
window seat and a bedside table, while all Katie<br />
wanted was a secret hideaway. All wishes were met.<br />
As the girls have grown up, both rooms have been<br />
redecorated, Philippa’s in cool shades of white and<br />
taupe and Katie’s with splashes of purple. But the<br />
bedside tables – made by the joiners – and the window<br />
seats are still there. As are the walk-in cupboards<br />
which made perfect secret hideaways in their day and<br />
have now morphed into stylish walk-in wardrobes.<br />
Although there is a wet room off the master bedroom,<br />
the master bathroom is on the second floor for the<br />
simple reason that Helena and Julian wanted to be able<br />
to lie in the bath and gaze up at the stars. Choosing<br />
the bath, which would be very much centre stage, was<br />
a big decision and after much research they opted for a<br />
classic Porcelanosa white bath which sits in magnificent<br />
splendour on a plinth in the middle of the room under a<br />
skylight. Everything else has been paired down to create a<br />
modern, minimalist feel. As bathrooms go, it really works.<br />
Having finished building a house on this scale, most<br />
people would sit back and consider the job done, but<br />
there was one more project pending – a walled garden.<br />
So back came SEDAC, who built the house and of whom<br />
the Carsons can’t speak highly enough, and the bones of<br />
the garden and greenhouse were built. Grant Brickell of<br />
The Wellingham Walled Herb <strong>Garden</strong> then came to sort<br />
out paths and beds. Today it looks like something that<br />
is hundreds of years old, an absolute pleasure to behold,<br />
and provides vegetables, fruit and flowers for the house.<br />
Visiting the house today you would never imagine<br />
it was a new-build. Covered in creepers and roses<br />
it looks like it has been there a long time and has<br />
certainly met all the dreams and inspirations that<br />
the family drew up when they set out on their own<br />
Grand Design. Ah yes, Julian’s ‘must have’.<br />
Finally, we went down some less-polished stairs at<br />
the back of the house to the most amazing wine cellar,<br />
built out of brick and stone with a dusty old table<br />
and chairs where Julian and his oeonophile friends<br />
will no doubt have spent many happy hours.<br />
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