Wealden Times | WT179 | January 2017 | Health & Beauty supplement inside

This page: After the kitchen the ‘snug’ is perhaps the second
most popular room, as far as the Wylie family is concerned
“It used to be freezing in here, as it’s got
two outside walls. So we battened out the
room, added insulation, then lined it with
scaffolding boards.”
sensitively updated over the years, with the masterful
addition of a kitchen extension – where we arrive, and from
where we enjoy the jaw-dropping view. “The extension
is a legacy of my Pa,” says Ally, who built it soon after
he died. Her father, Geoffrey Rainbird, was a respected
architect, so it is a very fitting tribute as well as the perfect
family space. “We practically live in here,” she says.
The ‘distressed’ cream kitchen is by Chalon and the
Aga an electric version put in to replace an older, oil-fired
model: “The Aga we took out was so old, it ended up
in the Aga museum!”. A pale limestone floor helps to
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