Wealden Times | WT206 | April 2019 | Garden supplement inside

Above: The first floor landing, with a window seat on the left. The
lamps are from Rowan Plowden Design and the lampshades are from
Oka Left: One of the building’s original architectural details, an
intricately carved corbel in the dining room
home to carefully curated curios. It’s a calm and welcoming room
with a subdued light that would make it the ideal place to come
to slowly with a cup of coffee, perhaps after a night of partying.
Those with entertaining in mind will also be thrilled
by the oak-panelled dining room, across the hallway and
en route to the kitchen. This vast room, with an equally
impressive inglenook, is home to a bespoke walnut dining
table by Alastair Murray that seats up to sixteen people.
There’s more than a touch of ‘castle’ about this room –
which ties in perfectly, considering its more formal role – and
it’s easy to imagine guests enjoying a glittering dinner here
before retiring to the comfort of the drawing room.
A short passage leads from the dining room into a modern
understated kitchen with butler sink, wine cooler and all mod
cons – and thinking of butlers, there is also a commercial
kitchen tucked away in the room next door, should you
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