Surrey Homes | SH36 | October 2017 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

From the street, every house is a mystery… Even on
roads we drive or walk down every day, we have no
idea what may lie within the walls we pass. But while
that may be an obvious point, it doesn’t prepare you to enter
the front door of this particular house in St. Leonards.
Although the door itself might have been a bit of a
tip off, elegantly furnished as it is with brass fittings, all
beautifully polished, and the name plate: St. Benedict.
But despite this, when I was first let in through
that front door, my jaw practically dislocated
in surprise. Had I unwittingly walked through
one of those fictional wrinkles in time?
The hall I was standing in was clearly from another era,
every detail in perfect keeping with the late 19th century
Previous pages & this page: The drawing room is a superb double salon with matching fireplaces at each end