Wealden Times | WT206 | April 2019 | Garden supplement inside

Previous page: The Wisteria room with wallpaper by Lewis &
Wood called Doves. The headboard is covered in Alhambra by
Lewis & Wood This page: The bathroom – the en suite to the
Wisteria room – features taps from Burlington
want to bring your own staff... Checkerboard floor tiles,
a display of copper pans and homely ceramic items all
add character, while chinoiserie blinds keep things cosy.
On the subject of cosy, one of the loveliest features
of Battel Hall are its window seats. Arched windows
and their recesses offer the perfect place to loiter and
enjoy the view, read a book – or engage in scintillating
secret conversations if the party is in full swing.
If the window seats are all taken, the upstairs landing
features several more magnificent places to sit, while behind
closed doors are the hall’s blissful bedrooms and en suites.
Francesca Rowan Plowden took the design of the
bedrooms very seriously indeed: “When I do up a house,
I sleep in every bedroom,” she says. That way, she can
get a feel for it and work out all of the touches that are
essential to a relaxed and stress-free stay. Using wallpapers
and fabrics from Colefax & Fowler, Blithfield and Lewis
& Wood, as well as smaller companies such as Lindsay
Alker and Susie Hetherington Textiles, Francesca has
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