Wealden Times | WT172 | June 2016 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

Above: Black and white photographic prints in the master bedroom were
taken by an official photographer to the French government Left: An original
Dior poster is all that is needed to decorate the en suite shower room
various antelope who happened to be in the wrong place
at the wrong time – two of them now wearing Venetian
masks. Over all presides a boar – named Margaux.
The kitchen, which was the original chef’s kitchen, now
sports chic grey Howdens units and a distressed marbletopped
dining table surrounded by Empire chairs that
were once in the restaurant. “People raise an eyebrow when
I say the units are Howdens and not some hand-crafted
bespoke number but I think they look great and work
well,” says Simon – and, of course, he’s more than right.
And so to bed. Though, unless you’ve been made a
particularly exciting promise, the upstairs landing is not
merely somewhere to gallop through. A lovely pair of chalks
Anthony and Simon’s own suite has the
best view of any room in the house – across
the High Weald toward Brightling. The
guest rooms share the considerable style of
the couple’s own bedroom but each has its
own distinctive bed and period furniture
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