Surrey Homes | SH20 | June 2016 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

Above left: A cherub from Prague adorns the drawing room table while a huge gilt celestial mirror from RV Astley dominates the wall Above right: Pot plants
fill the house with life and colour as does the very personal and individual art collection
November 2005 and ran it successfully until 2014.
All good things, however, tend to come to an end and
ultimately they decided to sell. But this isn’t a property
that’s easy to walk away from and soon it was Plan B – go
for change of use and planning permission for a private
house which would not only be their country home but
one that could be rented out as a short break holiday
home. The transformation would be funded by the
sale of a London project. Permission was duly granted
and the White Horse entered its current incarnation
as Ingham House, named after Simon’s grandfather.
So the farmhouse is once again a private home
and, says Simon: “I think it’s happier this way.” It
certainly could not be happier with the care and
flair they have brought to its renaissance. Although
some of the touches are sheer metropolitan chic,
they have never for a moment endangered its true
identity as an elegant period country house.
Their use of a single neutral wall colour throughout–
Little Greene’s ‘Mortar’ – has not only enhanced the
overall impression of light and space but provides a
versatile canvas allowing them to go to town with
imaginative and personal furniture, furnishings and art.
Walking in through the front door, one is greeted by the
Although some of the touches are sheer metropolitan chic, they have never for a
moment endangered its true identity as an elegant period country house
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