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Contents 

July 2019 

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ACCESSORISE 

Maggie Alderson finds homes 

with bountiful facilities 

87 

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SCENTS OF SuMMER 

The latest perfumes to love 

from Josephine Fairley 

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54 

TIME FOR A CHANGE 

Considering downsizing? Here’s 

what you need to think about... 

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NOTEBOOK 

A collection of the best 

events coming up soon 

FAIRGROuND ATTRACTION 

The St. Leonards Bath House 

transformed with neon, a bowling 

alley and industrial style 

GET THE LOOK 

Pieces to help imitate the 

Bath House’s look 

A FINE VINTAGE 

A tour of Squerryes, a magnificent 

17th Century estate 

GET THE LOOK 

Our guide to adding some 

Squerryes style to your home 

HOLIDAY SHOP 

Kate Watts styles summer accessories 

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WILD AT HEART 

Wild Nutrition’s Henrietta 

Norton shares summer health 

and beauty tips 

SuMMER FITNESS 

FuN WITH OR 

WITHOuT KIDS! 

Sarah Maxwell’s tips to make 

exercise fun and manageable 

BAKED TO PERFECTION 

Mouthwatering 

sourdough recipes 

MAD ABOuT THE BEES 

Jo Arnell tells us why she 

thinks bees are the bee’s knees! 

WATER RETENTION 

IN POTS 

Tips for potted plants 

from Sue Whigham 

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SCHOOL’S OuT FOR SuMMER 

Hilary Wilce explores what 

would happen if lengthy summer 

holidays ceased to exist 

WHAT’S ON 

All the best events this July 

COMPETITION 

Win a two-night stay, with breakfast, 

at Molly Dishwasher in Sussex 

FABLES FROM THE FARM 

Jane Howard explains the breeding 

cycle of the Coopers Farm herd 

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ELMBRIDGE 

VILLAGE 

Live your best retirement 

life in our village 

Many retirees miss a trick when they don’t move 

into an apartment. There is less maintenance, less 

cleaning and a great opportunity to de-clutter. 

Elmbridge Village, an independent retirement 

village, located in Cranleigh, is the perfect 

example of somewhere you can do this 

successfully. 

Moving into the right-sized property presents 

the perfect opportunity to de-clutter and create 

a relaxing space. And of course, having all your 

living space on one floor makes getting around 

much easier for you and your visitors. 

You may think with an apartment you can’t have 

visitors – but think again. Should you choose to 

live in Elmbridge Village, then they can easily be 

accommodated! This age-exclusive retirement 

village offers guest suites, so your visitors can 

fully enjoy Elmbridge Village as much as you. 

There is so much to offer residents too, you gain 

so much more than the property itself. 

The village includes Elmbridge Manor, the centre 

of retirement village life with a fantastic main 

hall for concerts and major events, restaurant, 

bar and lounge, library, onsite visiting GPs 

surgery and much more. 

With fewer rooms to furnish, maintain and fill 

– suddenly you’ll find yourself in a manageable, 

comfortable living space and you’ll free up 

equity too. 

When you incur lower bills and have less space 

to worry about, you’re in a great position to use 

your money to do the things you love and enjoy. 

But it’s not just about financial benefits, it’s 

safety too. Elmbridge Village residents often 

report that they feel safer being closer to likeminded 

people and the additional security this 

provides. 

The community culture also means that retirees 

are able to lock up and leave for trips away too. 

Residents can be off on their travels knowing 

that their property will be looked after by friends 

and other villagers. 

The latest development at the village is the 

stunning Arun House, placed opposite the 

croquet lawn, comprising of 20 one and twobedroom 

retirement apartments. It includes top 

floor penthouses and offers a luxury lifestyle in 

this friendly and inclusive community. 

Arun House resident, David Thomas, said: 

“I really liked the idea of a new purpose-built 

place where I could overcome my worries. 

It’s great to be in a place where there is a 

community that goes on around you. I’ve met 

some very nice people and the staff 

are very helpful.” 

Elmbridge Village has a 

selection of new and pre-owned 

apartments and bungalows to 

buy, rent, or part-own**. 

Call 01483 676100 or visit 

www.elmbridgevillage.co.uk 

for more information. 

Retirement village living 

means so much more than 

simply moving to a new 

home. It opens up the 

potential to truly maximise the years 

ahead – and live life to the full! Find 

out more about private retirement living 

concept with our FREE A to Z guide. 

Call us on 01372 383950 or visit 

www.retirementvillages.co.uk/AtoZ 

to request your free copy. 

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GUIDE TO RETIREMENT LIVING 

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Pre-owned homes available £165,000 - £450,000*, and new homes available £375,000 - £735,000* 

Show Home & Marketing Suite open Mon - Sun 10.30am - 5pm 

Elmbridge Village, Essex Drive, Elmbridge Road, Cranleigh, GU6 8TR 

www.elmbridgevillage.co.uk 

* Other charges apply and leases are subject to an assignment fee. 

** Only applies to selected properties. Please ask for full terms and conditions, other charges do apply. 

Part ownership is available only in conjunction with a new build purchase. 

Call our selling agent 

on 01483 268555

SIENNA FLORA 

CHOBHAM 

AN EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION OF THREE 5 BEDROOM 

DETACHED HOMES IN PLOTS EXCEEDING OF 3/4 ACRE 

5 STAR AWARD WINNING HOME BUILDER 

MARKETING SUITE & SHOW HOME OPEN 

TUESDAY - SATURDAY, 10AM - 5PM 

FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST 

SIENNAFLORA@CROUDACEPORTLAND.CO.UK 

0333 321 8913 

BAGSHOT ROAD, CHOBHAM, 

WOKING GU24 8SJ

83 Bates Road, Brighton 

cliveemson.co.uk 

01273 504232 

A selection of Sussex & Surrey Lots available in our upcoming July Auction 

Hillcroft Court, Chaldon 

Road, Caterham 

This third floor self-contained 

retirement flat is located in 

the village of Caterham on 

the Hill. 

The property is within a 

McCarthy & Stone retirement 

home which includes onsite 

warden and communal 

lounge that hosts daily 

activities. epc:c 

Guide: £100-110,000* 

+ fees 

New Rd, Ridgewood, 

Uckfield 

This freehold public house 

known as The Brickmakers 

Arms comprises ground 

floor bar area with games 

room, off road parking, beer 

garden and three-bedroom 

maisonette on the upper two 

floors. epc:c 

Guide: £250-275,000* 

+ fees 

Malling Street, Lewes 

Situated on the east side of 

Malling Street (A26) is this 

one bedroom cottage. 

The mid terraced cottage is 

arranged over two floors and 

has a gas heating system via 

radiators and contemporary 

fixtures and fittings. It is sold 

with vacant possession and 

is in good decorative order 

throughout. epc:d 

Guide: £190-210,000* 

+ fees 

Coppards Corner, Station 

Road, Winchelsea 

A freehold parcel of land 

situated on the outskirts of 

the village of Winchelsea 

and close to the railway 

station. The land is level 

and has a frontage to Station 

Road. The site extends to 

0.18 hectare (0.44 acre) 

Guide: £8-10,000* + fees 

Wadhurst Road, Frant 

Two parcels of adjoining 

grazing land to be offered for 

sale as a single lot. 

There is a long road frontage 

to Wadhurst Road (B2099) 

with vehicular access and a 

central wooded area dividing 

the two grazing areas which 

have been sub-divided into 

paddocks. There are two 

field shelters. 

Guide: £100-105,000* 

+ fees 

Bedford Grove, 

Eastbourne 

An exciting opportunity to 

acquire this well presented 

end of terrace property 

converted to provide five 

flats over three floors. The 

block comprises three onebedroom 

flats and two studio 

flats and is currently let at 

£30,960 per annum. epc:e 

Guide: £375-385,000* 

+ fees 

Guides are provided as an indication of each Seller’s minimum expectation. They are not necessarily figures which a property will sell for and may 

change at any time prior to Auction. Unless stated otherwise, each Lot will be offered subject to a reserve (a figure below which the Auctioneer cannot 

sell the Lot during the Auction). We expect the reserve will be set within the guide range or no more than 10% above a single figure guide. All lots are 

sold subject to legal documentation. Please check our website regularly at cliveemson.co.uk, or call 01273 504232, in order to stay fully informed. *Other 

non-optional fees including VAT, Stamp duty and further inclusions may also be payable within the contract terms. Buyers or their legal representatives 

are advised to inspect the Common Auction Conditions and Special Conditions of Sale along all other available legal documentation prior to bidding. 

Upcoming Sussex & Surrey Auction 

The Hilton Brighton Metropole 

Wednesday 24th July - 11am Join us on:

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Courtyard Gardens, indicative only 

Announcing a new development of 1, 2 and 3 

bedroom apartments in the heart of Oxted 

Courtyard Gardens provides a calm oasis with private outdoor space and gated parking. 

Prices from £327,000* 

Find out more about this new development today 

Robert Leech, 72 Station Road East, Oxted, RH8 0PG 

01883 708778 | courtyardgardensoxted.com 

*Price correct at time of going to print

“HOW CAN WE SECURE 

OUR DREAM HOME?” 

JUST ASK CALA 

Photography of Sweeters Field 

Stock photography 

Image includes upgrades at an additional cost 

Join us on 13th & 14th July at stunning Sweeters Field for our Open House Event. You will have the chance to view our selection 

of homes ready to move into and see how you can get the best of both worlds at this exceptional development. 

£10,000 CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS STAMP DUTY & CARPETS 

WHEN YOU RESERVE OVER OUR OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND * 

Prices from £425,000 

Showhomes open daily, 10am - 5pm 

SWEETERS FIELD, LOXWOOD ROAD, ALFOLD, 

CRANLEIGH, SURREY, GU6 8HR 

01483 378 107 | CALA.CO.UK 

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SH27JUN *Plot specific incentive, for reservations on the full asking price taken on 13th & 14th July 2019. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Visit cala.co.uk/terms for full terms and conditions. CALA will obtain 2 independent valuations based 

on achieving a sale in a 4-6 week period, part exchange considered subject to CALA’s purchasing criteria, terms and conditions. Up to 100% part exchange and other incentives available on selected plots, subject to terms and conditions and not 

in conjunction with each other or any other offer. Visit cala.co.uk/terms for full terms and conditions and purchasing criteria. YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON A MORTGAGE OR ANY OTHER DEBT 

SECURED ON IT. CALA Management Ltd. Registered office: Adam House, 5 Mid New Cultins, Edinburgh EH11 4DU. Security over your home is required. Help to Buy cannot be used in conjunction with part exchange. Availability of other incentives/ 

offers subject to lender’s criteria and CALA’s discretion. Your mortgage lender’s deposit requirements may vary, but you should usually expect to contribute a deposit of at least 5% of the purchase price. Available on selected properties, and subject 

to the Government’s specific terms, conditions and qualifying criteria. CHECK THAT THIS MORTGAGE WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS IF YOU WANT TO MOVE OR SELL YOUR HOME OR YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY TO INHERIT IT. IF YOU ARE IN ANY 

DOUBT SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE. 5.2% APR typical. Internal image shown is taken from Sweeters Field showhome and features fittings, décor, flooring and soft furnishings which are not included as standard in a CALA home. Images are used 

to suggest possible finishes which can be achieved in your home at an additional cost. Please ask a Sales Consultant for further details. Photography has been enhanced. Telephone calls within the British Isles will be charged at local rate. Telephone 

calls may divert to a mobile service in which case call charges may vary. Calls may be recorded for training purposes. 5 stars awarded for customer’s willingness to ‘Recommend to a Friend’ in findings of the survey, undertaken by the Home Builders 

Federation 2017/18. Prices are accurate at the time of going to print.

DRESS YOUR DREAM HOME WITH £10,000 WORTH OF 

CURTAINS, LIGHTING & ARTWORK! 

BY ANDREW HENRY INTERIORS 

A select collection of nine 2, 3 and 4 bedroom high specification homes, located just 

off Bramley’s charming High Street, within a short stroll of the village shops. 

PRICES FROM £449,950 

TO FIND OUT MORE PLEASE 

CONTACT OUR SELLING AGENT: 

01483 304344 

info@pewleys.co.uk 

Terms and conditions apply, offer subject to legal completion of property. The computer generated illustrations are for general guidance only. 

Price correct at time of going to press. *Help to Buy is available in England on new homes up to £600,000.

Introducing Leighwood Fields, 

a stunning new development of 3, 4 and 

5 bedroom homes, exquisitely designed and 

crafted to the highest quality. Nestled in the 

heart of rural Surrey, Leighwood Fields is 

moments from the centre of Cranleigh and 

off ers the quintessential country lifestyle. 

3, 4 & 5 bedroom homes from £575,000 * 

To book an appointment please call 

01483 355 493 or visit leighwoodfields.co.uk 

Sales & Marketing Suite, open daily 10am-5pm 

Knowle Lane, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 8RF 

*Prices and details correct at time of going to press. 

Photography depicts streetscene and Showhome and is indicative only. 

www.leighwoodfields.co.uk

JUST 1 HOME 

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With just 1 five bedroom home now 

remaining, don’t miss out on the chance to 

own your beautiful forever family home. 

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Price correct at time of print. Travel times and distances approximate only.

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Designed to make life easier for the over 65s, 

it’s the perfect home now and for the future. 

Living here, you’ll also be part of the vibrant, 

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House 

Month 

of the 

£7,500,000 

Accessorise 

Maggie Alderson picks beautiful homes 

overflowing with facilities 

Fairmile Court 

The dream: A proper mansion, 

built in 1879, with nine reception 

rooms and 14 bedrooms, the house 

is currently divided into two fabulous 

homes (one slightly smaller with 

just five bedrooms), but is for sale as 

one. If you fancy converting it back, 

it would give you 13,000 sq feet of 

prime Cobham house. It has been 

brought superbly up to date by the 

developers who divided it, without 

losing any of the splendid period 

grandeur. One of the dining rooms 

has magnificent panelling and there is 

superb parquet on the ground floor. 

Where: Cobham – a village that 

often features on ‘best places to 

live’ lists and made the news for 

having Dom Perignon available 

to buy in the post office. 

Setting: On a private road, with 

upscale new homes built on what 

were the original grounds. 

Beds: 14 Baths: 9 

Special features: An amazing double 

staircase in the original entrance hall. 

Pleasing details: The row of palm 

trees in front of the glazed verandah. 

Outside: Lawns and mature trees 

within hedged perimeters. 

Time to town: Stoke D’Abernon 

to Waterloo in 40 minutes. 

Agent: Sothebys, Cobham 

01932 860 537 sothebys.co.uk 

surrey-homes.co.uk 

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Arbourne 

£4,650,000 

The dream: Houses built in the 1920s 

have flowing plans and generous 

dimensions which make them 

perfectly suited to modern living, 

with a touch of vintage elegance. 

This one has a very spacious openplan 

kitchen/breakfast/living room 

extending into a light-filled orangery. 

Where: Fabulous Esher, with 

all the benefits of out of town 

living, yet quicker into central 

London than many tube rides. 


Special features: A billiard room, a music 

room, a gym and a fabulous indoor pool. 

Pleasing details: A woodpanelled 

dining room. 

Outside: 1.4 acres of superbly 

landscaped south-facing grounds with 

specimen plants, a lovely pond, an 

established potager and a tennis court. 

Time to town: Just 25 minutes 

to Waterloo from Esher 

station, 1.5 miles away. 

Agent: Knight Frank, Esher 

01372 464496 knightfrank.co.uk 

Moor House 

£3,500,000 

The dream: A substantial wedding cake 

of a Georgian country house, with the 

main reception rooms facing south west, 

so it is filled with light. All of the rooms 

on the ground floor, apart from the study 

and family room, have doors straight to 

the garden. The dining room has three. 

Where: On the edge of Rushmoor 

village, five miles south of Farnham 

and 13 south east of Guildford. 

Setting: A semi-rural position in the Surrey 

Hills AONB, with National Trust heathland 

accessible directly from the house. 


Special features: The very fine 

porticoed and pillared front door. 

Pleasing details: The lovely big 

entrance hall with a fireplace and double 

doors into the drawing room. 

Outside: A swimming pool with a pool house, 

flood-lit tennis court and badminton court. 

Time to town: From Farnham station – 

four miles – under an hour to Waterloo. 

Agent: Savills, Farnham 

01252 729000 savills.com 

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Notebook 

What to do and see near you this month 

Tudor rose 

From Monday 1 to Sunday 7 July, the 

RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden 

Festival will celebrate summer at its 

finest as the picture perfect palace is 

filled with colour, garden inspiration 

and summery joy. Visitors can 

expect a bounty of beautiful blooms, 

inspirational garden ideas, expert 

talks and workshops, and a shopper’s 

paradise of unique trade stands. 

On top of the festival’s fresh collection 

of genius garden designs, there are loads 

of other exciting attractions not to be 

missed. Be sure to visit to the Festival of 

Roses to explore showstopping displays 

of the finest roses you’ve ever seen, get 

a pic in Jo Thompson’s stunning rose 

garden, take a sweet break in the Roses 

Tearoom and see the launch of Sweet 

Honey ‘Kormecaso’, 2020’s Rose of the 

Year. You can also check out some live 

music which will set an upbeat tone with 

tunes from Soul Brothers, Brass Funkeys, 

The Femmes, Charlotte Campbell and 

many more across the Festival stage, 

Floating stage, Woodland stage and 

Hampton Introducing. Meanwhile the 

Edible Eden kitchen garden will be 

packed with beautiful and tasty 

produce which will be used in 

cooking demonstrations and 

tastings, and once all that’s 

worked up your appetite you 

can refuel with a waterside 

picnic hamper from Fortnum 

& Mason, a sitdown lunch at 

Dig In Restaurant or a fivecourse 

Wild Garden Banquet 

created by Michelin-starred 

chef Merlin Labron-Johnson. 

rhs.org.uk 

Facing Fame 

Tuesday 9 July sees ‘John 

Frederick Lewis: Facing Fame’, 

open at Watts Gallery. This is the 

first exhibition in over 40 years to 

explore the life, art and travels 

of the leading British Orientalist 

painter, famous for his detailed 

depictions of the Mediterranean 

and Middle East. The exhibition 

highlights his self-portraits and 

hidden likenesses, the complex 

relationship he had with his own 

success, and the ways in which 

his travels informed his selfpresentation. 

wattsgallery.org.uk 

Kew the 

music 

Don’t miss Kew Gardens’ 

fantastic picnic concerts which 

return from Tuesday 9 to Sunday 

14 July with performances from 

Beverley Knight, Billy Ocean, 

Jess Glynne, Jools Holland, 

Craig David, Garbage and 

Rick Astley. kewthemusic.org 

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News 

Super 

suppers 

Get a taste for flavoursome modern 

Indian cuisine this month as 

Shampan’s Supperclub welcomes 

Guest Chef Saurav Nath, formerly 

at London’s Michelin-starred 

Benares and Gymkhana. Visit their 

Welling restaurant on Monday 1 

July for A Taste of Memsaheb’s India, 

the Westerham branch on Monday 

15 for Indian Kebabs and Grills, 

or Shampan Bromley for Along 

the Grand Trunk Road on Monday 

29 July. shampan-group.com 

Just like Magic 

Go-karts, an enchanted trail, water wars, panning for gold, a 

giant sandpit, pony rides and a fairies and dragons silent disco, 

can all be found at Bocketts Farm Park’s Magical Summer from 

Friday 26 July to Sunday 1 September. bockettsfarm.co.uk 

Summer sale 

Looking for a new business 

or career change? The Images 

‘Pop Up’ School Art Gallery 

franchise has recently been put 

up for sale. This ready made 

and trading business works 

with schools in the Surrey 

area to celebrate art and 

raise funds, and has bookings 

already in place up to end of 

term 2019 and into 2020. 

Call John 07826 556041 or 

email johnb@imagesart.co.uk 

for details. imagesart.co.uk 

Look Forward: August 

This August, join Painshill for two cinema screenings 

in their stunning landscaped gardens. On Friday 

16 August they will be showing ‘Bohemian 

Rhapsody’ and ‘A Star is Born’ on Saturday 17 

August. The Serpentine Lake and Gothic Temple 

will make an incredible backdrop and with the 

gate opening at 7pm and the films starting at 

8:30pm, there will plenty of time to explore the 

garden, set up a picnic blanket and buy some 

food and refreshments. painshill.co.uk. 


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THE SUMMER EXHIBITION 

Editor’s 

Letter 

ake a look inside dramatically different homes this 

issue. Imagine being able to chalk up the ultimate 

strike, just a bowling ball’s throw from the sofa in the 

comfort of your own personal bowling alley... or strolling 

past oil paintings of your ancestors en route to the 

kitchen for your morning coffee... Maggie Alderson speaks 

to the owners of two uniquely memorable houses. 

Kate Watts tracks down some statement accessories to liven 

up your summer wardrobe (Holiday Shop page 78) and 

we get crafty with Ilgin Beaton as she makes unadulterated 

sourdough loaves (Baked to Perfection page 94). 

Our brand new, and very glorious Summer Supplement 

celebrates outdoor living at its best with information on local 

events, the ultimate destinations for a staycation, irresistible 

pools and quick-to-prep recipes to enjoy with friends. 

Follow Sue Whigham and Jo Arnell’s guides to keeping 

your garden and its residents hydrated, happy and healthy 

throughout the warmer months and check out Jo Fairley’s 

scent picks from the wealth of new fragrance launches. 

If you fancy escaping it all for a couple of nights, 

check out our competition to win a stay in an 

idyllic shepherd’s hut in the Sussex countryside – 

turn to page 119 for details of how to enter. 

WITH NEW PAINTINGS 

BY 

LOTTIE COLE 

Enjoy your Surrey Homes! 

Surrey Homes Team 

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Previous pages: A huge neon ‘Carnival’ sign by 

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doors Top: The cocktail bar is an old carpenter’s 

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All the houses that feature in this 

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league of its own. Something like jumping off 

the top of The Shard without a parachute. 

But the moment you throw open the redsequinned 

double doors from the hall into 

the main living area, stand at the top of 

semi-circular steps that just demand a Ginger 

Rogers entrance and take in the sheer scale 

of the place – and the fact that it has a fullsize 

bowling alley in the sitting room – you 

understand that its owners were up to the task. 

Laurie and Sol Parker are clearly not afraid 

to make a statement. Or take on a challenge. 

The first thing that might have put off the 

less bold, is that the building had never been 

a home before, in its 150 years plus history. It 

started out as a purpose-built Turkish bath – ‘the 

most luxurious in England’, according 


Above: A fairground coconut shy sign is mounted above the kitchen sink, and a painted metal spiral staircase leads up to an office space 

to the advertisement from an 1864 newspaper, that Laurie 

Parker has had enlarged and framed in one of the bathrooms. 

But its policy to have a ladies’ day (as also stated in the ad) 

proved too scandalous for the bourgeoisie of Victorian St 

Leonards and it didn’t last very long in that incarnation. 

Sold to a local girls’ school, they added a whole new wooden 

vaulted structure at the back to house a swimming pool. In 

the 1920s, the pool was boarded over and the space became 

first a spiritualist church and then, after the local parish 

church was bombed in WW2, a Church of England one, 

where many marriages, christenings and funerals took place. 

A couple who got married there in the 1950s, now in their 

nineties, have knocked on the door since Laurie and Sol 

have been in residence. (Oh, to have seen their faces…) 

The Bath House’s last pre-Parker family role was as a glass 

factory, making the specialist vessels for laboratories. By 

the time Laurie and Sol first viewed the place in 2013, the 

factory was long closed down, although all the stock and 

machinery was still there. With trees growing through it. 

But even getting to that viewing was a challenge, as Laurie 

explains – and all the more extraordinary that they kept 

going, considering they had visited Hastings only once, when 

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beautiful Camber Sands. We saw the signs for Rye 

and Battle and went on to Hastings. We looked 

round all the antique shops and loved it. Sol 

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listing sites for houses in Hastings and found this 

place at the bottom of the list… it was described as 

‘the Wreck of the Hesperus’, but it didn’t put us off. 

“It was a nightmare even to see it. The 

agents told us ‘we’re not showing it, we’re sick 

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“Even once we’d made an offer we had to 

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to know what we were going to do with it 

as it had been his father’s glass factory.” 

Those hurdles would have been enough 

to put less determined buyers off – and it 

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This page: The living space is filled with original finds, such as this 

vintage shuffleboard table Top & Above: The dodgems sign was 

bought from a shop in Hastings Old Town. “My first ever job was on a 

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“We bought it in 2013 and started renovating after a 

year. The entire building was completely derelict and the 

main space was very dark and dingy. There were even plants 

growing through the walls, and old machines from the 

abandoned glass factory had been left all over the place. 

“We were determined to preserve as much of the original structure 

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rid of it and asked if he could buy it and they told him, if he took it out, he could have it. 

We didn’t even know if it would fit in the space, but it slotted in to the millimetre.” 

“It’s Grade II listed, so the conditions were very, very 

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we were still living in London while we did it.” 

Despite all that, two years later it was done – and the 

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“It used to be in Soho House,” says Laurie. “Sol 

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neon sign saying ‘Carnival’ – by the late neon artist and 

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them a master bedroom with its own bathroom 

which forms the entrance to the kitchen area – it seats a casual 14 people. “It’s built from 

off-cuts from Champagne barrels,” says Laurie. “A carpenter made it for us for £800.” Whilst 

the whole – huge and amply cupboarded – kitchen was made from old pallet boards. 

Continuing the inventive scheme, the cocktail bar is an old carpenter’s bench 

and a row of vintage gym lockers makes a brilliant pantry, with genres of food 

items filed in each one. Like many of the one-off items in The Bath House, 

both of these came from eBay. “Sol is eBay’s best friend,” says Laurie. 

But while eBay may be Sol’s go-to site, Laurie is the queen of Google – and 

the amazing suppliers she has found on there had me giving her (entirely 

unsolicited) career advice that she should start a business as The Resourceress. 

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of a search for local panel beaters. The poured concrete 

worktops were brought into being after she found a 

YouTube video of how to do it and showed their builders. 

“I convinced them they could do it,” she says. 

All over the house is the fabulous result of another of 

Laurie’s searches – bespoke industrial (not ‘industrial 

style’, the real thing) steel light switches and plug 

points embossed with the words The Bath House. 

“The space needed industrial light switches. The 

repro ones are rubbish and vintage are very expensive, 

so I did a Google search and sourced a foundry in 

Hove which could make them all for us.” 

Another of Laurie’s searches resulted in the knock-out 

copper boat bath in the wonderful Turkish bath-inspired 

en-suite bathroom off the guest bedroom. Laurie had 

decided she wanted this style to be a feature in the room 

– according to her decorating philosophy of starting with 

one eye-catching item and letting the rest of the room 

treatment follow – but they’re eye wateringly expensive. 

But not one to take that as a cue to settle for something less 

thrilling, Laurie tracked down the company that makes them in 

Morocco and ordered one direct… £6,000 cheaper. Actually, she 

ordered two; there’s another one upstairs in the master bedroom. 

“We had to be resourceful,” she says with impressive modesty. 

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beautifully decorated by Henry’s mother Anthea with 

decorative wallpaper she commissioned specially. 

French windows take you out into the formal back 

garden Below: The second entrance hall 

All houses have a vibe – but not many 

have one you can bottle. Squerryes, 

however, is not only the splendid 17th 

century country seat of the Warde family (eight 

generations and counting), but also the name 

on the bottles of award-winning sparkling wine 

that is now produced on the 2,500 acre estate. 

The family motto is also on the bottle – 

appropriately, because Licet esse beatis translates as 

‘Permitted to be joyful’. “We have been creating joy 

for 300 years,” says Henry Warde, sitting at the table 

in the family kitchen. “Now we are bottling it.” 

And joy it is most certainly bringing to those who 

drink it, being awarded no less than a Platinum 

rating in wine bible Decanter magazine’s 2019 

World Wine Awards, for the 2014 vintage. 

The house deserves the same rating. Even 

before you turn into the drive (with classic estate 

railing fences) the glorious countryside just outside 

Westerham has Jerusalem playing loudly in your head. 

As you pull up in front of the house the prospect 

opens up to reveal a perfect Mr Darcey lake, 


This page: Contemporary built-in 

furniture hold a portion of Squerryes’ 

books in the library 

the first visual beat in a vista over parkland and countryside, 

with a domed white folly perched on a nearby hillside. 

Turn your head left towards the house and you see a glorious 

symmetrical frontage from the Stuart era (1681), although it 

looks more like the style we identify as Queen Anne. Built from 

narrow red bricks, with a pillared and porticoed front door, it has 

two storeys with three sash windows on each side, then another 

layer with six mansard windows and a triangular gable with a 

roundel window and splendid chimney stacks. It makes you sigh. 

This urge stays with you, once you step into the huge entrance 

hall with a black and white marble chequerboard floor – and 

large portraits of Henry’s rels, male and female, all around and 

classical busts over each porticoed doorway into adjoining rooms. 

It’s just the kind of space where you want to be holding 

a flute of cold sparkling white, while chatting to interesting 

people – which is exactly what you get to do if you join 

up to a Squerryes membership package, which involves 

no joining fee, just a commitment to buy one case (12 

bottles) a year. Hardly a hardship (especially as you get 

15 per cent off, so really it would be rude not to). 

Membership brings invitations to all kinds of jolly 

events at the house – which is not open to the public 

– including a summer garden party with 299 fellow 

bubbly-lovers, which sounds particularly appealing. 

But with a house to study and photograph, we stuck to 

coffee, in the lovely light, high-ceilinged kitchen, looking 

over the formal garden at the back of the house. A kitchen 

which looks and feels like it has always been there, but was 

actually a fairly recent conversion by Claire and Henry. 

They moved into the house six years ago, when Henry took 

on the commitment of running the estate and his parents 

moved out to a farmhouse on the land. At that point, while 

totally understanding the responsibility to preserve a house 

like this for future generations – one of the bedrooms has 

listed wallpaper – Claire and Henry decided to make some 

thoughtful changes to adapt its old bones to 

 


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This page: The formal dining room’s chairs feature the wolf head that is in 

the family crest Top right: A portrait of Charlotte Warde, mother of The 

Admiral – 4th generation at Squerryes Court – by John Opie 

modern family life with their four children, aged from six to 11. 

Claire explains: “In 1947, in order to be able to keep the house going, 

Henry’s grandparents pulled down two wings. The original kitchen had been 

in one of them, so they created a small kitchen and dining room in this 

space. We knocked it through and converted it into a family kitchen with 

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Which, with its classic kitchen cabinetry, painted in Farrow & Ball’s Oval 

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This page: Henry and Claire knocked through a small kitchen 

and dining room to create a family kitchen. The lights above the 

dining table were found throughout the house by Claire 

be rather precious – were languishing in obscurity in 

the cellar, but Claire has no anxiety about having fine 

objects in a part of the house with heavy family traffic. 

“If someone throws a ball and breaks them all at 

least they’ve been seen. We are going to live here.” 

Their other big change was to create a second 

entrance hall on the same side of the house (the 

north) as the kitchen, with a more domestic 

feeling than the formal main one, more conducive 

to everyday family comings and goings. 

They put in a similar floor and a column to echo 

the ones in the grand hall, but Claire had fun with 

wallpaper in the rooms coming off: a map of the world 

in the loo and large pink flamingos in her office. 

“And we took out the servants’ bells,” she 

says, another statement of the more modern 

way they wish to live in this historic house – 

while completely respecting its heritage. 

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Squerryes, she hadn’t ever experienced a sense of 

passionate devotion to a house. In fact, on her first 

visit there she had felt quite differently about it. 

“I met Henry when I was invited through a friend 

of a friend as a spare girl for a house 

 


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party here. In those days you had to 

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thinking, ‘there is no way I am ever 

going to live somewhere like this…’ 

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Passing back through the main hall, 

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drawing room, beautifully decorated 

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also designed by Anthea, taking out a 

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on old plans, with clipped box parterres 

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The next room along is the formal 

dining room with a splendid set of 

dining chairs, featuring the wolf head 

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rather than just have for display. There 

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including portraits by George Romney 

and John Opie, of Henry’s ancestors. 

“We have rehung all the pictures,” 

says Claire, “to show the story of the 

family to visitors.” One in here is of the 

Warde who bought the house in 1731 

and another of his wife 

 


This page: Beautifully carved and gilded furniture sits alongside ornately framed 

artwork throughout Squerryes Court 

who died before they could move into 

it – but not before she had commissioned 

two splendid tapestries, which hang in 

the bedroom over the dining room. 

The bedroom opposite has the exquisite 

chinoiserie wallpaper, which they are 

not allowed to touch (and nor would 

you want to). These rooms have not 

been refurbished or refurnished in any 

way and to my eye, the worn carpets, 

alongside treasures like the tapestries 

and wallpaper, have a patinated charm 

that is unique to lovely old houses. 

This is only heightened and improved 

by the shift on the other side (back to the 

north again) of the very large landing – 

which sits over the grand entrance hall 

and makes an excellent venue for the three 

girls to practice their dancing, Claire says. 

Here, where the family bedrooms are, 

is a second staircase, leading down to 

the new entrance hall, where they have 

replaced a wall with a glass balustrade, 

so light now pours into the upper floor 

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This page: Two splendid tapestries, which hang in the bedroom 

over the dining room, were commissioned by the wife of John 

Warde, who bought the house in 1731 

Heritage gave all the plans the official stamp of approval. 

It’s the same spirit of progress shown by Henry’s 

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classic combination used to make Champagne. 

What inspired him to do it was the great interest shown 

by a French Champagne house in buying their land. “It’s a 

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Left: Beautiful views over the lake to the west 

of Squerryes. The family motto immortalised in 

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Make your garden 

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10 Once you pop... 

The coolest of canapés 

11 On the rocks 

Luscious cocktail 

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and winter and just a weekly water during 

the spring and summer when it is actively 

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as it will enjoy the humidity, but will be happy 

in any room with bright indirect sunlight. 

Care tip: allow the topsoil to dry out between 

waterings, but keep the subsoil evenly moist. 

Add a liquid cactus feed to the water once a 

month when the plant is actively growing. 

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Once you pop... 

We 

pick three of our favourite, ridiculously 

moreish, summer canapés from the extensive 

recipe archive online at surrey-homes.co.uk 

Watercress, Roasted Beetroot 

and Goats’ Cheese Roulade 

by Nicci Gurr from Home Gurr’own 

Prep time: 1 hour 30 mins 

Cooking time: 32 mins Serves: 6 

• 225g fresh watercress 

• 4 medium eggs (separated) 

• salt and freshly ground pepper 

• 250g red beetroot 

• 100g crème fraîche 

• Olive oil for roasting 

• 100g crème fraîche 

• 200g soft rindless goats’ cheese 

1Preheat the oven to 190°C, gas 5. Grease 

and line a 20 x 30cm (8 x 12 inch) Swiss 

roll tin with non-stick baking parchment. 

2Finely chop the watercress in a 

food processor, then tip this into 

a large bowl. Beat in the egg yolks 

and season with salt and pepper. 

3In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites 

with a pinch of salt until stiff but not 

dry, then fold them into the watercress 

mixture using a large metal spoon. 

4Pour into the prepared tin and quickly 

level the mixture, spreading it out 

into the corners. Bake for 10-12 mins 

until set and light golden brown. 

5Meanwhile, peel the beetroot, roughly 

dice and roast with olive oil and salt 

and pepper. Cook for about 20 mins 

until a knife will go through the beetroot 

easily. Cool, grate and set to one side. 

6Beat the crème fraîche into the goats’ 

cheese and spread evenly over the cooled 

roulade, then spread the cooled beetroot mix. 

7Roll up from the long side, using the 

greaseproof paper, then carefully wrap 

in clingfilm and refrigerate overnight. 

8Serve, slice into rounds and pushed on 

to a cocktail stick. homegurrown.co.uk 

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Minted Pea and Feta 

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by Jo Arnell 

Prep time: 15 mins 

Cooking time: 25 mins 

Makes: 24 tiny tartlets 

• 75g fresh or frozen peas 

• 1 small handful of 

finely chopped mint 

• 1 chopped onion 

• 1 whole egg 

• 1 egg yolk 

• 3 tbsp double cream 

• salt and freshly 

ground pepper 

• 1 pack of ready-rolled 

shortcrust pastry 

• 200g feta cheese, cut 

into cubes 

Preheat the oven to 180°C, 

1 gas 4. Toss the peas and 

mint together in a small 

bowl and leave to one side. 

Gently fry the onions and 

2 then leave to cool slightly. 

Beat the eggs and cream 

together. Season if you wish 

at this point, but remember 

feta is a salty cheese. 

Cut out small squares of 

3 pastry and place into a 

greased muffin tin. Place 1 

tsp of onion into the bottom 

of each tart, add another 

tsp of egg mixture, then top 

with minted peas and finally 

some cubes of feta (I used 5 

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Bake in the oven for 25 

4 mins, or until golden. 

Serve warm or cold. 

10 

Mini Margarita Cheesecakes 

by Jo Arnell 

Prep time: 15 mins 

Cooking time: 30 mins Serves: 12 

• 100g digestive biscuits 

• 50g melted butter 

• 300g cream cheese 

• 1 egg 

• ½ tsp vanilla extract 

• 120g caster sugar 

• 100ml soured cream 

• 100g strawberries 

• 50ml tequila (2 shots) 

• 2 tsp lime juice 

• 1 tbsp granulated sugar 

• 

1Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas 4. Prepare 

biscuit base by crushing biscuits (in a 

food processor, or use a pestle and mortar). 

Combine with the melted butter and then 

press 1 heaped tsp of the biscuit mix into 

each section of the mini cheesecake pan/ 

muffin tin and set to one side (or refrigerate). 

Beat cream cheese, egg, ¼ tsp vanilla 

2 essence and 100g of the sugar together 

until smooth. Add 2-3 tsps to the top of each 

biscuit base and bake in the oven for 20 mins. 

3Mix soured cream with remaining 20g 

sugar and ¼ tsp of vanilla essence. 

Remove cheesecakes from the oven and 

4 add 1 tsp of the soured cream mixture to 

the top of each one. Turn the oven down to 

160°C, gas 3 and return cheesecakes to the 

oven for 10 mins. Cool and refrigerate. 

Chop strawberries and combine with 

5 other topping ingredients, mashing 

some slightly to release the juice. 

Remove cheesecakes from tin and carefully 

spoon a little topping onto each one. 

6 

For a non-alcoholic version, add 30ml water and 

20ml lemon juice instead of tequila and lime.

On the rocks 

Lottie Muir, the creator of the Midnight Apothecary pop-up 

cocktail bar, set on a roof garden in London, shares her recipe 

for a sweetly satisfying seasonal cocktail 

Wild Strawberry and Rose Daiquri 

Strawberries and roses are from the same family (Rosaceae) that gives us so 

much pleasure, from apples and pears to these two beauties. Wild strawberries 

(Fragraria vesca or F. virginiana) are those tiny, jewel-like treasures that you 

sometimes find in woodland clearings and meadows, on forest edges and along 

trails, and even in some quiet urban areas. Here they are combined with white 

rum and Rose Petal Syrup to conjure up summer meadows on a hot day. 

• 1½ oz (45ml) white rum 

• ¾ oz (20ml) Rose Petal Syrup 

(see right) 

• 2 tsp (10ml) freshly squeezed 

lime juice 

• 10 wild strawberries or 3 

large strawberries, 

hulled and halved 

• ⅔ cup (100g) crushed ice 

• 3 wild strawberries, toothpick or 

cocktail stick, to garnish 

1Combine all the ingredients in a 

blender and pulse/blend at a high 

speed for 30 secs or until smooth. 

2Pour into a rocks glass. Garnish 

with 3 wild strawberries threaded 

on a toothpick or cocktail stick. 

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Rose Petal Syrup 

(Makes approx. 1½ pints (750ml) 

This recipe involves massage, roses, and 

perfume… don’t blame me if things get 

out of hand! use the most perfumed 

roses you can find and make sure they 

are unsprayed. 

It also helps if their petals are quite 

thin. Two good choices that grow wild 

and adorn many a private and public 

space are Rosa rugosa and the wild dog 

rose, R. canina. 

Whenever I use wild dog rose, which 

has very delicate pink petals, I add a few 

petals of a red rose to give a really 

rich-coloured syrup. 

• 6 handfuls of pink and/or red rose 

petals 

• 6 cups (1.2 kg) superfine caster sugar 

• 3 cups (750ml) water 

• Zest of ½ unwaxed, organic orange 

• 1 tbsp lemon juice 

• Pinch of salt 

• Sealable presentation bottle(s), 

sterilized 

1Snip off the bitter white tip at the base 

of each petal – it’s a little awkward 

to do, but worth it. Alternatively, when 

picking the petals from the rosebush, pull 

the petals in a clump with one hand and 

snip the base off in one go with the other. 

2Loosely pack the petals in a non-reactive 

bowl and add about 2 cups (400g) of 

the sugar. Gently massage the sugar into 

the petals to bruise them and start the 

maceration. Cover with a clean tea-towel 

and leave overnight or for up to 12 hours. 

3You should return to a gooey mess, 

where the petals have shrunk and the 

sugar has extracted some colour and flavour 

out of them. Tip this sugar and petal mix 

into a non-reactive pan, add the remaining 

sugar, the water, orange zest, lemon juice, 

and a pinch of salt, and gently bring to 

a boil. You will notice that the colour 

transfers from the petals into the liquid. 

Leave to simmer for 5 mins or until you 

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4Let the syrup cool. Strain it into a wide 

mouthed pitcher, then funnel into the 

sterilized presentation bottle(s) and seal. 

You can store the syrup in the refrigerator 

for well over a month. 

Floral Cocktails by Lottie 

Muir, published by Ryland 

Peters & Small (£7.99) 

Photography by Kim 

Lightbody © Ryland 

Peters & Small 

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plus a special fly-over with a Spitfire from the Aero Legends 

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concert with real class. Visit the castle on Saturday 13 july to 

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Neverworld 

The ultimate family-friendly festival comes to John Darlings 

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Mermaids Lagoon, and the great adventure playground of the 

Neverwoods. Artists performing include Craig David, The 

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It’s the great British summertime, so get the whole family outside with these handpicked events 

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Theatre in the Garden 

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spectacular stage effects, puppetry and flashes of wickedly 

dark humour. There will be homemade picnic boxes available 

to snack on during the show or you are welcome to bring 

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for all ages over five. Adults £17.99, Children 15 & under 

£5.99, Family ticket £39.99 coolings.co.uk/events

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10 things to do at The Sculpture Park 

The Sculpture Park is an area of outstanding natural beauty occupied by a multitude of sculpture for sale. 

We are also a popular tourist destination with plenty to do for everyone, some that you might not expect. 

01 Follow the coloured trail 

To make your way around The Sculpture Park, you are 

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02 Buy Sculpture 

Almost all the art in the park is available to purchase and 

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03 Play ‘guess the price’ game 

As well as a map, you are given a guide book. This helpful 

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04 Meet the dragons 

Being a venue with Welsh heritage (Lloyd George used 

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06 Activate the Giant Wind Chimes 

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07 Picnic in a Thai Pagoda 

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08 Take photographs 

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Beauty 

Josephine Fairley takes a look at this season’s new releases 

I 

love the quote from Aerin 

Lauder (the legendary Estée 

Lauder’s granddaughter) 

that ‘You wouldn’t wear the 

same perfume with a tennis 

dress as an evening dress. 

Now, this is rather more the 

season of tennis dresses than 

evening dresses (if you don’t 

count Glyndebourne), and it’s 

certainly a philosophy I embrace. 

For me, there are fragrances that come 

out when I put my opaque tights away 

and vice versa. Scent is very much part of 

my wardrobe – and a glance at my dressing 

table will tell you: that wardrobe’s expanding. 

It will certainly be somewhat more crowded 

after summer 2019, meanwhile – because there are just 

so many beautiful scents being launched around now. 

Before I share the fragrances I’d long to add to my summer 

fragrance line-up, though, a few caveats. It’s wise never to 

spray directly onto skin, when you’re going to be spending 

any time at all outside, because of possible interactions 

between scent ingredients (particular citrus notes) and UV 

light. There’s a risk of irritation, but also more longer-term 

of pigmentation problems. Instead, I like to mist my hair (a 

great carrier of perfume), and also my clothes. Just do the 

Kleenex test, first: spritz a tissue, and once you’ve established 

that the liquid dries completely clear, it’s safe to spray on 

fabric. My clothes have an incredible mélange of fragrances 

sprayed onto them – and somehow, because I like all the scents 

I do that with, it creates something even more wonderful. 

And now, my summer perfume lust-haves… 

Chanel Les Eaux de Chanel Paris-Riviera (£99 for 125ml eau 

de toilette). Chanel perfumer Olivier Polge is creating an 

olfactory map of Gabrielle Chanel’s life through his Les Eaux 

de Chanel collection. After Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Deauville and 

Paris-Venice, he now plants a flag in the sands of the Côte 

d’Azur, evoking the sun-drenched paradise Chanel helped 

to popularise via a bouquet of sheer summer petals, woven 

together with fresh citrus notes, jasmine and neroli and 

warmed by resinous benzoin and sandalwood. Wear it with… 

jaunty palazzo pants and a striped Breton shirt, à la Coco. 

Burberry Her Blossom (from £44 for 30ml eau de toilette). 

Longstanding Burberry perfumer Francis Kurkdjian explains 

that this fresh, airy interpretation of Burberry Her was 

‘inspired by London’s parks in spring.’ (It’s equally gorgeous 

for high summer, though, with the combination of plum 

blossoms, citrus notes and delicate peony petals creating an 

unexpected floral breeze, and the addition before creamy 

sandalwood and hints of musk emerge. The so-prettyin-pink 

flacon is inspired by an archival Burberry design, 

meanwhile – definitely my kind of hip flask. Wear with… 

the prettiest, floatiest of summer dresses. Ideally chiffon. 

Floris Neroli Voyage (£120 for 100ml eau de parfum). 

Inspired by an expedition Floris Perfumery Director Edward 

Bodenham took to retrace the footsteps of his ancestor, 

Robert Floris, this transports us from Antibes across the 

Ligurian Sea to the aromatic isle of Corsica and onwards 

to the Italian coastal town of Positano, our sails filled by a 

breeze fragrant with neroli, lemon, marine notes, jasmine, 

ginger and fennel seed. It weighs anchor via musk, amber 

and oak wood, indigenous to Corsica’s famous maquis. 

Wear with... white linen as crisp as the scent itself. 

Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Cherrysia (£59 for 75ml eau 

de toilette). I’m often wary of cherries, in a fragrance. (They 

can be a bit ‘juicy fruits’ synthetic-smelling.) But rather 

than the fruit itself, this showcases cherry blossom, that 

most ephemeral of blooms, famous for lighting up Japan 

in spring. The liquid refreshment begins with a dash of 

bergamot, overtaken by diaphanous notes of nashi par and 

watermelon, with a too-too-pretty, powdery, softly woody 

end-game. Wear with… pretty-as-a-picture pastels. 

L’Occitane Herbae Par L’Occitane (£59 for 50ml eau de parfum). 

Now that we’ve (finally) shrugged off layers to head outdoors, 

here’s the perfect fresh air spritz: a green floral creation from 

Shyamala Maisondieu and Nadège Le Garlantezec focused 

around wild grasses, all tangled up in bramble, nettle and wild 

roses. Bergamot and pink pepper open, and as the sun warms 

Herbae on your skin, you’ll begin to make out a honeyed 

sweetness, touches of musk and woody, spicy Cashmeran.

Beauty 

The striking 

bottle is 

tied at the 

neck with 

gardener’s 

raffia. Wear 

with… your 

favourite scruffy 

gardening gear, or any 

summer frock. It’s equally 

at home in a herbaceous 

border as on a terrace 

enjoying lunch outside. 

(Put a visit to their Covent Garden 

boutique on your perfume pilgrimage 

‘map’, after reading this!) Effervescent 

bubbliness abounds here in in a sunfilled 

creation from rising star perfumer 

Jérome Epinette (who has created all 

Floral Street’s collection), with sparkling 

rhubarb popping the cork on a frothy 

gush of gardenia, exotic frangipani and 

radiant jasmine Sambac. Wear with… 

a sleeveless summer party frock. It’ll 

have you wanting to kick off your shoes 

and dance barefoot on the lawn. 

Floral 

Street Electric 

Rhubarb £58 

for 50ml eau de 

parfum 

Coach Floral Blush 

(£49 for 

50ml eau de parfum). Don’t we 

all need cheerfulness and optimism, 

right now…? That’s precisely what 

Coach Floral Blush sets out to deliver, 

in a spirit-lifting blend powered by 

goji berries. What do they smell like, 

in a scent? Juicily tart, sitting alongside 

grapefruit, mellowing to an armful 

of tea roses in the heart, before a 

white woods finale. A playful floral 

that celebrates ‘the carefree energy of 

summer.’ Wear with… that vintage crêpe 

de chine tea dress you most treasure. 

BYREDO Sundazed (£110 for 50ml 

eau de parfum). This is probably my 

favourite yet from cult perfumers 

BYREDO. Paying tribute to the era 

of free love, Sundazed comes wrapped 

in all things sunshine; bright, dazzling 

mandarin and Californian lemon. Neroli 

shimmers like the twinkle of light on 

water while Arabian jasmine cloaks your 

skin with its soft, yet opulent, touch. 

A dry-down of cotton candy and skin 

musks evokes distant memories of 

summers spent at beachside funfairs. 

Definitely a scent in which to bask 

in a state of summer-induced bliss. 

Wear with… a sarong, beside a pool or 

lounging around on the back terrace. 

Perfumer H Petit Grain (£220 for 100ml 

eau de parfum). Right at the other end 

of the price spectrum from Floral Street 

are the fragrances created by perfumer 

Lyn Harris, best known as founder 

and for many years creator at Miller 

Harris, who has a new scent boutique 

on Marylebone’s Crawford Street where 

she releases seasonal collections. I’ve been 

saving pennies to build a mini-wardrobe 

of these stunning scents, and for spring/ 

summer 2019 have my eye (or maybe 

nose?) on this gust of citrusy greenness, 

zestily powered by Italian bergamot, 

Florida orange, and Paraguayan 

petitgrain. Aromatic herbs, woods and 

musks endow this with a much longer 

skin life than most Colognes. If you can 

afford to, splash with abandon. (And if 

money’s really no object, splash out on 

the hand-blown Michael Ruh bottle of 

this, which is priced at a cool £450). 

But whatever you spend – and 

whether you’re matching your 

fragrance to a tennis frock, a 

Glyndebourne gown, a linen kaftan 

or a snuggly pashmina – may you 

enjoy a beautifully fragrant summer. 

See perfumesociety.org for more of 

Jo Fairley’s fragrance reviews 

Chanel Les 

Eaux de Chanel 

Paris-Riviera £99 

for 125ml eau 

de toilette 

Floris 

Neroli 

Voyage £120 for 

100ml eau de 

parfum 

Floral Street Electric Rhubarb (£58 for 

50ml eau de parfum). Floral Street is a 

disruptive new fragrance house making 

a splash for all sorts of reasons. First off, 

they scooped ‘Retailer of the Year’ in the 

prestigious Fragrance Foundation Awards 

2019 (against very tough 

competition). Secondly, 

they’re offering 

wearable ‘niche’-style 

fragrances at very 

mainstream prices. 

L’Occitane 

Herbae Par 

L’Occitane £59 

for 50ml eau 

de parfum 

Perfumer H 

Petit Grain £220 

for 100ml eau 

de parfum

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The Summer Solstice on 21st June 

this year marked the transition 

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of summer. It is on this day that the sun 

rose and set at its most northern point, 

leading to longer hours of daylight and 

therefore the longest day of the year. 

The word solstice is derived from the 

Latin “sol” (sun) and “sistere” (to stand still) 

and for me this says so much; this is the 

time to stop, pause and reconnect with the 

beauty of nature and the powerful effect that 

the sun and its light has on all living things. 

This time is celebrated by the druids 

as a festival to give thanks to nature 

and the changing faces of the seasons. 

These seasonal rituals underpinning 

practices such as druidism traditionally 

evolved around farming practices. Now, 

however, as our food production and 

farming practices have changed to align 

more with global demand than with 

nature, this connection is less apparent. 

Yet working intimately with the 

change of seasons is a very simple and 

powerful tool that can bring with it a 

great opportunity to improve our physical 

and emotional wellbeing. Indeed, the 

inseparable relationship between the natural 

environment around us, wherever we are 

in the world, and our own wellbeing of 

body, mind and spirit is a core belief in my 

work at the Wild Clinic in Lewes and the 

product formulations at Wild Nutrition. 

The months leading to this seasonal 

turning point allow us to celebrate by 

feasting on nutrient-rich seasonal delights, 

such as artichokes, asparagus, Jersey 

potatoes, watercress or strawberries. 

The longer, lighter evenings allow us to 

relax with friends over a light evening 

supper or wild swimming with your 

family. Whichever ritual you choose 

to celebrate nature’s gift of summer, 

do so with abandon and gratitude. 

Upping my water intake 

During the winter or colder, damper 

seasons, my water intake can be lower, 

coming primarily through broths, 

vegetables and fresh teas. In the summer 

however, I have a natural pull to drink 

more room temperature water, and water 

rich fruits, such as watermelon. Adding 

a morning green juice is a great way 

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energised. A vegetable juice will provide 

condensed nourishment from vitamins, 

minerals and phytonutrients, but also 

the natural water content they provide. 

Try to make your juice with fresh 

ingredients, such as cucumber, celery, 

courgette, lettuce, fennel, lemon, lime 

and mint, and drink within 15 minutes. 

Eating summertime foods 

The summertime produces some of 

the most wonderful foods, such as 

strawberries, that are particularly rich 

in vitamin C, raspberries, apples, 

runner beans, fennel, cucumber, 

melon, rhubarb and rocket. 

Eating in season also ensures 

you are getting the best 

flavours and nutrition 

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can also support the 

immune system and 

skin from seasonal 

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Wild at Heart 

Henrietta Norton from Wild Nutrition explains how 

she’ll be harnessing summer goodness to keep her 

body and mind healthy throughout July 

Here are just some of the changes I will 

be making in this Season of Abundance 

Exercising outside 

What better way to enhance the benefits 

of exercising than with an outdoor 

routine in summer. Immersing ourselves 

in nature supports our mental health 

and physical wellbeing and is immensely 

stress relieving. We don’t need a scientific 

study to know that a walk through the 

woods or cycling through the park is 

uplifting and healing for the soul. 

Adjusting my skincare 

You can extend your summer changes 

to your skincare routine, make-up and 

sunscreen, too. There are some wonderful 

naturally-derived, ethical products 

available (my supplement regime shifts 

during this season too) to help protect 

your skin from oxidative damage and 

contribute to collagen production. 

SUPER BERRY SMOOTHIE 

This smoothie will give you a nourishing kickstart 

to the day, providing fats and protein to keep 

hunger at bay and deliver a wonderfully creamy 

texture. The seasonal berries offer a generous boost 

of phytonutrients, such as anthocyanidins. 

Serves 2 

Ingredients 

1 dssp almond butter 

(or a nut or seed butter of your preference) 

½ an avocado 

1 tsp coconut butter/oil 

2 tbsp raspberries 

(or blueberries/blackberries – fresh or frozen) 

1 dssp Manuka honey 

Fresh ground cinnamon or vanilla powder to taste 

Almond milk to cover 

Instructions 

Put all ingredients into a blender and blend!

Health & Wellbeing 

Summer fitness fun 

with or without kids! 

Sarah Maxwell breaks down the sometimes daunting 

prospect of exercise into easily manageable activities 

that can be slotted into a busy lifestyle 

Whether you have children or 

not, summer is the time when 

your regular exercise class can 

go out of the window, or even stop for the 

summer altogether! Holidays, days out 

and family time give us endless excuses for 

‘getting back on it tomorrow’. However, 

summer can be a great time to shake up 

your fitness routine or get started on a 

new one – with or without the kids! Nicer 

weather (hopefully) and longer evenings all 

give perfect opportunities to get out there 

and get moving, so this summer I have been 

trying out something a little different to get 

all ages moving. Here are my favourites… 

Playground memories 

I recently went to a ‘Rabble’ class in 

Tunbridge Wells (at the cricket ground) and 

it took me straight back to my schooldays, 

running around playing British Bulldog, 

Dodgeball and throwing frisbees! I had 

such a great time at the class and can’t wait 

to go back. An hour passes in the blink 

of an eye and you get a great workout 

without even realising it – maybe next 

time I won’t fall over trying to “Dodge 

that ball”! The beauty of it is that all ages 

are welcome so you can go along with the 

kids or on your own. joinrabble.com 

Bouncing into fitness and fun 

If you do have children to entertain over 

the holidays, open jump sessions are 

perfect. Many of my clients with children/ 

grandchildren find that the summer holidays 

can be rather stressful and often tell me 

they feel guilty when they use ‘family time’ 

to do their fitness programmes. It needn’t 

be that way. Open jump sessions are for 

all ages and are a brilliant way to burn off 

those calories and have some fun with the 

kids at the same time. I went to urban 

Jump in Heathfield, East Sussex, to try it 

out and can definitely recommend it. 

Entertaining teenagers can be tricky but 

urban Jump’s urban Fit is something a 

little different for those aged over 16 – a 

45-minute class involving 30 minutes of 

trampoline fun followed by 15 minutes in 

the urban rainforest assault course. Swinging 

and climbing at your own pace makes for 

a fun and effective workout and will work 

multiple muscle groups. urbanjump.co.uk 

Love being in water? Prefer 

looking at water? 

With Bewl Water on our doorstep there 

is definitely something for everyone here: 

cycling, walking, watersports AND the 

new Aqua park! There is 1500 metres 

of inflatable fun for individuals, groups, 

families, adults and children. I know 

where I’m heading this summer! 

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These are just a few of the things I have 

tried, but there are lots of activities and 

courses over the summer that will take 

you outside and get you moving – with or 

without the kids! Try searching the local 

area online or checking our your local 

Facebook groups to see what’s on offer 

Now for something that can be done 

without leaving the comfort of your own 

home, this month’s exercise of the month! 

With my hectic lifestyle I have to fit in 

exercise as and when I can. Contrary to 

popular belief, many of us in the health and 

fitness industry stand around a lot telling 

other people what to do without actually 

doing the whole classes we are teaching! 

This simple exercise (see right) can be 

done anywhere – I often do it while I’m 

brushing my teeth! A triple achievement 

– clean teeth, improved balance and 

stronger core in just two minutes! 

Now that really is multi-tasking! 

Sarah Maxwell is a 

multiple award-winning 

Fitness and Lifestyle 

coach and mum of two 

who juggles a lot of 

balls. Find out more 

about Sarah and her 

work at sarahmaxwell. 

com Sarah shares her 

Fitness and Lifestyle 

tips on Instagram 

@sarahmaxwelllifestyle 

Exercise of 

the month: 

Core strength 

and balance 

It’s well known 

that working on 

single leg balance or 

simply standing on 

one leg can help you 

with foot and knee 

stability, but did 

you know that this 

simple exercise engages 

your core muscles too? 

Stand straight (maintain 

a good posture) raise 

one leg off the floor and 

balance with the other. 

Aim to maintain this 

position for a minimum 

of 20 seconds. If you 

can do it for longer 

than 60 seconds, try it 

with your eyes closed! 


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Recipes: Ilgin Beaton from Just Sourdough by Ilgin 


Styling: Lucy Fleming 

Tangy, flavourful and satisfyingly chewy, sourdough’s 

addictive appeal as an easier-to-digest alternative to regular 

bread means that it has amassed quite the fanbase. Here, 

Sevenoaks-based sourdough expert Ilgin Beaton – who, as 

her company name Just Sourdough by Ilgin suggests, solely 

focuses on crafting unadulterated sourdough loaves – shares 

three recipes for you to try at home 

You’ll need: 

Sourdough Starter 

There are a wide range of sourdough starter recipes 

online if you wish to make your own from scratch. This 

usually takes around 10-12 days. On Ilgin’s website, 

justsourdough.com you can buy ready-made Organic 

White Sourdough Starter and Organic Wholemeal Rye 

Starter. Alternatively, book onto one of Just Sourdough 

by Ilgin’s ‘Introduction to Sourdough Baking’ workshops 

and you’ll go home with a jar of Ilgin’s own starter to 

jumpstart the process and get baking straight away.

Recipe One 

Makes 1 loaf Prep time: Up to 24 hours 

Cooking time: Around 50 mins 

You will need: A Dutch Oven or 

baking stone, a bread scoring knife/ 

blade, a round banneton or colander 

• 100g active starter (you can 

make your own or buy online 

at justsourdough.com) 

• 330-350g water (filtered or 

mineral water), lukewarm 

• 400g organic unbleached 

strong white flour 

• 100g of stoneground organic 

wholemeal flour (or 50g 

wholemeal, 50g spelt) 

• 9g fine sea salt, dissolved in 9g water 

• rice flour, for dusting the banneton 

1In a large bowl mix the 

starter and water and stir 

until the starter is dissolved. 

2Add all the flour and mix until the 

ingredients come together into a 

large ball. (At this stage we are only 

mixing the water, starter and flour.) 

3Cover and let the dough rest 

on the side in the kitchen for 

between 30 mins and 2 hours ‒ this 

is what bakers call ‘autolyse’. 

4Add the dissolved salt mixture to the 

dough. Make sure the salt is distributed 

evenly throughout the dough using a ‘Slap 

& Fold’ technique (you repeatedly slap 

the dough down onto the work surface 

and fold it over on itself). This traps 

some air whilst developing the gluten. 

Continue for around 6-8 minutes, then 

set aside in a bowl for 10-15 mins. 

5The next stage is to ‘Stretch & 

Fold’. Lift and fold your dough in 

half over on itself, do a quarter turn 

of your dough and repeat three more 

times. Place back in the bowl ‘seam’ 

side down. Repeat this process three 

times at 30-60 minute intervals with a 

final 15-30 minute rest at the end. 

6Shape the dough lightly into a ball then 

place into a round banneton dusted 

with rice flour (with a handful of mixed 

seeds at the bottom, if desired). If you don’t 

have a banneton, use a clean tea-towel 

dusted with rice flour inside a colander. 

Dust the top with rice flour, then cover. 

7Prove. Leave your dough to 

one side until it is 50% bigger, 

then transfer to the fridge and leave 

to prove there for 8-12 hours. 

8The next morning, preheat your oven 

to 250°C, pop in your Dutch Oven 

or baking stone with a large pan of ice or 

boiling water underneath, and heat for at 

least 30 mins before you are ready to bake. 

The hydration helps form a beautiful crust. 

9Once the oven is up to full heat, 

carefully remove the Dutch Oven, 

then tip your dough inside carefully and 

score the top with your scoring knife/ 

blade. This determines where the bread 

will tear as it rises. Spray with water and 

bake for 30-35 mins with the lid on. 

Towards the end turn the heat down to 

180-200°C, remove the lid and bake for 

another 15 mins, or until you achieve 

the colour of crust that you prefer. Take 

it out of the Dutch Oven and leave to 

cool down for up to 2 hours. Enjoy! 


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The following are more complex recipes with a mixture of flours, but the 

taste is divine and the loaves are even more wholesome as they contain 

ancient, unmodified grains. They use the same method as previously. 

Recipe Two 

• 350g water 

• 100g active starter 

• 250g unbleached strong white flour 

• 100g einkorn (an ancient grain) 

• 50g khorasan (also known as 

kamut – an ancient grain) 

• 100g Organic Light Malthouse 

Flour from Shipton Mill 

• 9g fine sea salt, dissolved 

in 9g water 

Recipe Three 

• 330-335g water 

• 180g active white starter 

• 300g unbleached strong 

white flour 

• 100g wholemeal spelt flour 

• 50g wholemeal flour 

• 50g khorasan (also known as 

kamut – an ancient grain) 

• 9g fine sea salt, dissolved 

in 9g water 

Find out more about Ilgin’s sourdough workshops at justsourdough.com 

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Mad about 

the BEES 

Jo Arnell explains why, in a world full of pesticides, making your garden a destination 

for bees provides them with the ecological haven they’re crying out for 

Insects are in crisis at the moment, their numbers declining 

at a frightening rate, so anything we can do to attract them 

into our gardens will be of benefit. In fact, our gardens are 

proving to be bastions of hope and protection in an inhospitable 

environment. The attention is on bees, because they are such 

vital pollinators for crops and without them our own existence 

would be under threat too. Our gardens are fast becoming a 

vital resource for them, providing food and shelter and hopefully 

safety from pesticides. The sight and sound of bees buzzing 

brings a garden truly to life and reminds us that a flower’s 

job is to attract pollinators, that their beauty has a profound 

purpose, intricately linked to the existence of the insects. 

Honey bees, bumble bees and stingless bees are in the 

Apidae family. There is just one honey bee, but there are 24 

different species of bumble bee; some are social and live in 

colonies, some are solitary, some are tiny, some huge and 

furry – and easy to spot as they noisily bumble around the 

flower borders. Added to these are the leaf cutters, mason, 

mining and carder bees – and more besides. All bees do a vital 

job transferring pollen from one flower to another as they go 

about collecting nectar and pollen for their own purposes. 

With a little thought, and a little less tidiness, your garden 

can easily be made more insect friendly. They just need places 

to build nests, shelter for overwintering and a reliable source 

of food and water. Food comes in the form of nectar and 

pollen and a plentiful supply all year round is really beneficial. 

Most flowers die back in the winter, but there are quite a 

few trees and shrubs that will produce winter flowers. 

Water 

Bees and other beneficial insects need to be able to 

access water, preferably fairly shallow, so that they 

won’t drown. Bees use water to drink, but also to cool 

the hive when the weather gets really hot. If you don’t 

have a pond, then a shallow dish of water, containing 

pebbles or stones for climbing onto, will provide them 

with a place to drink and collect water for the hive. 

Shelter 

Bees live in different kinds of habitats, depending on the 

species, but all pollinating insects need overwintering 

places where they can hibernate as adults or pupae. You 

can easily help them by leaving log piles, leaves and 

hollow perennial stems and seed heads for them to hide 

in. You could also build a bee hotel; make your guests 

feel at home using cut off sections of bamboo cane, 

pinecones and bundles of sticks inserted into a frame and 

positioned out of the prevailing wind and weather. 

Providing nectar all year round 

Most pollinating insects and bees will disappear when 

the weather starts to get cold, but on warmer winter days 

they occasionally wake up, or wake from hibernation 

much earlier. This is happening increasingly as a result 

of climate change, especially in the warmer south of 

England where some species have stopped hibernating 

altogether. It is vital to provide the winter insects 

 


and early emergers with food to help them get through 

this period when resources may be scarce elsewhere. 

Nectar from flowers may be in short supply in the 

winter, but there are other sources: ivy flowers late in the 

year, the winter cherry tree Prunus subhirtella autumnalis 

flowers sporadically throughout the autumn and winter, 

Clematis balearica is in flower from mid-winter and once 

the worst of the January weather is over, there’s a host 

of late winter flowering shrubs to choose from, with the 

added bonus that many of them are scented. Early spring 

brings the first of the bulbs, together with woodland 

natives like primroses, aconites and wood anemones. 

Flowers 

Flowering plants have co-evolved with insects. Without 

insect pollinators there would be no real flowers – the 

plants would all have to rely on wind pollination, which 

is a fairly haphazard and wasteful process. Much better to 

pay someone to do the job properly. Nectar is the reward 

for pollinators and it is only produced in the nectaries of 

flowers as a lure – the plant has no need for it at all. 

Some flowers hide the nectar in order to make doubly 

sure that enough pollen is collected, the bees have to go 

down deep into the flower to get to it, covering themselves 

in pollen in the process. These blooms tend to be tubeshaped 

and some even have landing strips to guide the bee 

to the right part; look closely at a foxglove and you will see 

the speckles inside are arranged in a specific way to help the 

bee. Snapdragons have a hinged lip that opens only when a 

heavy enough bee lands on the right spot, thereby ensuring 

that the pollen will brush off when the bee squeezes inside. 

Other flowers are more open about the process and go 

to lengths to make things easy for their pollinators. Plants 

in the daisy (Compositae) family make a wide and secure 

platform for insects to land on; the centre is packed with 

lots of individual tiny, nectar-filled flowers surrounded by 

a fringe of sepals. This also means that once the bee has 

 

Top: Echinops is a ‘bee magnet’ in late summer Middle left: 

Flowers in the daisy family make great ‘landing pads’ for insects 

Middle right: Chives and other alliums are nectar rich 

Bottom: A honey bee collecting nectar from lavender 


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landed, it can spend more time collecting food from one 

place, rather than wasting time flitting from bloom to bloom. 

Colour sends a message 

Plants use colour to send a signal, advertising to the insects 

that the nectar bar is open for business. Brightly coloured 

flowers are naturally found in sunny situations, but in the 

shade the flowers tend to be pale, often white or cream, as this 

shows up better in dim light. They lure in the insects with 

scent rather than colour, pumping out their fragrance more 

vigorously in the evening to attract in moths and beetles. 

Although bees will collect nectar from different flowers, 

they are very drawn to flowers at the blue end of the spectrum, 

with herbs such as lavender, thyme and borage most favourite. 

Plants to grow for the bees 

Native species, but not necessarily our natives, are the most 

valuable plants to pollinating insects, rather than highly bred 

cultivars encouraged to give up on producing nectar and 

pollen in favour of extra large or frilly petals instead. These 

tend to be sterile too, so of no interest to hungry insects. Stick 

to blooms that are open hearted with a single row of petals, 

instead of the show-offs which always remind me of the huge, 

puffy, Princess Diana-style wedding dresses of the 1980s. 

Contact Jo for gardening courses and advice: 01233 861149 

jo@hornbrookmanor.co.uk 

Some useful nectar rich plants: 

Early flowers 

Lonicera fragrantissima – a shrubby, 

winter flowering honeysuckle with 

very fragrant, nectar rich flowers. 

Hellebore – both the early Helleborus niger 

(Christmas rose), the slightly later Helleborus 

orientalis (Lenten rose) and the shrubbier Helleborus 

argutifolius will provide a vital source of nectar for 

early emerging bumble bees and other insects. 

Early spring bulbs, such as winter 

aconites, crocuses, Scillas and Muscari 

will carpet under trees and shrubs. 

Mid-season 

Aquilegias – these appear at the end of spring 

and will self-seed in favourable conditions 

Herbs, such as Thyme and Marjoram, are 

very pretty when they flower – just cut 

them back as you would lavender once 

they’ve finished to keep them tidy. 

Scabious – a mound forming perennial for the 

front of the border with long lasting ‘pin cushion’ 

flowers in shades of pale blue, pink or white. 

Late summer and autumn 

Buddleia – our beloved butterfly bush that flowers 

in late summer and attracts a mass of pollinating 

insects. Prune hard in spring so that you will be 

able to appreciate the flowers at eye level – left 

unpruned buddleias grow too tall and unruly – and 

the flowers will appear right at the top of the plant. 

Hebe – these mainly evergreen shrubs come 

in many sizes, but all produce nectar rich 

flowers at around the same time as buddleias 

Verbena bonariensis – a tall, wiry, but elegant 

meadow plant from Argentina. If it likes you, it will 

set seed literally everywhere… 

Asters – with their late flowering daisy flower 

heads will flower into October and beyond. 

Abelia grandiflora – an autumn flowering shrub 

with small, pale pink flowers and long lasting 

darker, rusty pink bracts 

Above: A lavender hedge will keep the bees happy for weeks 

Right: Hellebores are a great source of early nectar. 


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Water retention 

Get water-saving savvy 

with Sue Whigham’s 

tips for keeping your 

pots’ occupants happy, 

healthy and hydrated 

this summer 

in Pots 

The weather is like a yo-yo. Temperatures soar, then 

the following day it is overcast and drab – now, as 

we speak, it is tipping it down. My rain gauge tells 

me that we have had 30mm since yesterday 

but yes, farmers need it for their crops and 

we all need it for our gardens. Last year’s heat 

and lack of rain was a disaster here when the 

low oxygen levels in the pond meant that the 

ghost carp, grown from tiddlers over the past 

15 years or so, just didn’t make it. And that was 

despite all our valiant efforts to re-oxygenate 

the pond using a hose. I was glad to hear 

that my bed and breakfast guest was a keen 

fisherman and so was seen in a tangle of willows 

at the side of the pond stretched out on his 

stomach retrieving a very large and beautiful 

fish. It was all very traumatic, like losing an 

old friend, but thank goodness he was here to help. 

Whether we do have a dry summer again or not, it is worth 

thinking about water retention, bearing in mind that water is 

“Try to avoid 

watering in 

the evening as 

moisture can 

get trapped in 

the pot as the 

temperature drops 

leading to mildew 

and fungus” 

such a valuable resource and, if you have a pot garden rather 

than flower beds – maybe due to lack of space or just by 

preference – it is worth thinking of ways to retain moisture 

in them so that you don’t have to spend hours 

watering, especially if you are on a meter. 

I was reading about ollas, clay pots used 

for thousands of years to irrigate plants. 

These are pots with a round base and a 

bottleneck opening that you bury into your 

pots or borders having filled them with 

water. As they are porous, water seeps into 

the adjoining plants’ roots via a suction effect 

and the roots grow round the olla and take 

water in when its needed. But maybe a few 

ideas work just as well but less interestingly. 

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and instead go for the loam based John Innes mixes. 

Try to avoid watering in the evening as moisture 

can get trapped in the pot as the temperature drops 

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the evening ritual of watering and having a glass 

of wine is usually not too much of a chore! 

Other mulches that help retain moisture would include 

bark and leaf mould. Actually, the latter is ideal for 

acid loving plants as it is low in nutrients and humus. 

If you have a seaside garden, a mulch of shells and 

gravel look good, but oddly they don’t quite work in 

gardens away from the coast – I don’t really know why. 

Straw, grass cuttings, mushroom compost. They can 

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together in one place, rather than having isolated pots 

around the garden. One seems to protect the other. 

Wind is a cause of pots drying out and their contents 

become rather desiccated, so, if possible, protect them 

from prevailing winds by planting a native hedge or 

purely a hawthorn hedge. The birds will thank you, too. 

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Considering downsizing? Here’s what you need to think about... 

You might consider downsizing 

as you enter retirement for a 

variety of reasons. Perhaps you 

are looking to save money and time on 

property upkeep, find somewhere more 

suitable for your needs, move nearer 

to family or friends, want to release 

capital for yourself, or to help family 

members. Whatever the reason, when 

deciding to leave the family home 

you must consider many emotive and 

practical issues. While you are likely to 

have considered the potential impact 

on your lifestyle and bank balance, 

you may not have thought about the 

impact downsizing may have on your 

wider affairs. Francesca Sassoli, of law 

firm Cripps, incorporating Pemberton 

Greenish, outlines some legal 

considerations you should be aware of. 

Your will 

When contemplating downsizing, 

you should review your will. It may 

need updating to reflect the change of 

property to avoid an unwanted outcome. 

For example, you may give the 

property to your partner and the rest 

of your estate to your children. If you 

do not amend your will to refer to 

your new property, the gift to your 

partner may fail, so your new property 

unintentionally passes to your children. 

property ownership 

If you are buying with another person, 

you should take advice as to whether to 

hold it as “joint tenants” or “tenants in 

common”. Various factors, including 

your will, may impact your decision. 

Properties owned as joint tenants pass 

automatically to the survivor on the 

death of a co-owner. But if you intend 

to give your share of the property to 

another person, or to a trust, in your 

will, the new property should be 

purchased as tenants in common so 

that your share passes under your will 

and not to the co-owner automatically. 

When preparing to sell your existing 

property, you should check your 

records and at the Land Registry to 

see if any other parties have an interest 

in your property. It is not uncommon 

for couples to give a share of the 

family home to a trust or to their 

children during lifetime or on the 

first death, which will have an impact 

when downsizing. This is sometimes 

recorded by a charge or restriction 

registered against the property. Legal 

advice should be taken regarding these 

arrangements before downsizing. 

residence nil rate band 

This is a tax-free allowance (£125,000 at 

the time of writing, but set to increase 

to £150,000 from 5 April 2019) 

available in addition to the ordinary nil 

rate band (currently £325,000) for those 

passing their home to descendants on 

death. The allowance was introduced 

in April 2017 and is set to increase by 

£25,000 every tax year until it reaches 

£175,000 in the tax year 2020/21. The 

allowance can be transferred between 

married couples or civil partners if 

it is not used on the first death. 

When downsizing, you should 

consider whether your share of your 

new property is worth enough to fully 

utilise the allowance available, to avoid 

wasting some of it. If your share of the 

new property is less than the available 

allowance (£250,000 for a couple at 

the time of writing but set to increase 

to £300,000 from 5 April 2019), a 

special “downsizing relief” may be 

available so your estate can still benefit 

from a percentage of the allowance. 

You should keep the completion 

statement from your sale and purchase, 

and take legal advice to check how the 

provisions apply in your circumstances. 

Lasting Powers 

of Attorney 

Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are 

documents nominating attorneys to 

manage your affairs on your behalf if 

Downsizing – 

key things to consider 

• Are you ready for the 

emotional impact of leaving 

your current home? 

• Is your home listed in your 

will? It’s highly likely this will 

need updating as a result of 

a property sale. 

• Have you considered the 

different ownership options 

available and their implications 

to your inheritors? 

• Will downsizing affect the 

tax-free allowance in your 

inheritance tax planning? 

• Are you prepared for the risk 

you may not be well enough to 

complete the sale and purchase? 

• Have you considered the 

alternatives? 

• What will you be doing with 

any surplus cash as a result 

of downsizing? 


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you cannot do so, perhaps due to an accident or illness. LPAs 

can be put in place for both financial and health decisions. 

If you lose capacity without an LPA, an application to the 

Court of Protection is necessary, but this is a costly process 

which can take months. If you do decide to downsize, you 

may wish to put a financial LPA in place to ensure the sale 

and purchase can continue if you become incapacitated 

or are unable to sign documents for any other reason. 

Other options 

You may wish to consider alternatives to downsizing. 

Despite some bad press in the early 2000s, equity 

release schemes or lifetime mortgages for over 55s 

are an increasingly popular way to release capital tied 

up in the family home without having to move. 

Equity release should not be entered into lightly. Even 

though most providers now offer a “no negative equity 

guarantee” (meaning you will never have to pay back 

more than the value of the property), high interest rates 

and early repayment charges can reduce the value of your 

estate. If you are considering equity release you should seek 

advice from an independent financial advisor and meet 

with a solicitor before entering into any arrangement. 

Tax planning 

Downsizing can provide the opportunity for inheritance 

tax (IHT) planning, although you should be careful not to 

allow the potential to save tax to be your sole motivation. 

You must be comfortable with the lifestyle changes 

too, otherwise you may live to regret your decision. 

If you do not need the cash you release by downsizing 

and your estate is over the IHT threshold, you could give 

away funds to reduce your estate for IHT purposes. You 

can make outright gifts to anyone over 18. However, if 

you would prefer to delay the age at which they receive 

the funds, provide for minor beneficiaries or protect the 

funds for any other reason (such as from a divorcing 

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School’s out for summer 

But what if the lengthy summer holiday ceased to exist? Hilary Wilce spells out the advantages 

Quite soon schools will be closing down for 

the holidays. Some boarding schools will 

be quickly opening up again to reap useful 

income from hosting residential music schools 

or tennis camps or foreign language courses. Others will 

be hosting day holiday clubs and activity camps, but far 

too many school buildings up and down the country 

will stay shuttered and locked until September. 

Meanwhile, social splits will widen. Some lucky children 

will enjoy a busy summer of friends, activities and holidays, 

but many more will spend weeks in their bedrooms 

staring at a screen, or will roam the streets with friends 

trying to fill up the days. In the summer, a surprising 

number of school-age children in the UK are less well fed 

than they are during their term times of breakfast clubs 

and school lunches. A great many, lacking stimulation, 

forget much of what they learned in the previous school 

year and start in September having dropped up to five 

weeks behind in both knowledge and learning skills. 

At the same time, parents will spend their summers 

juggling holiday leave, paying out for holiday 

programmes of dance, football or archery classes 

that they can often ill afford, or turning to longsuffering 

grandparents to help out with childcare. 

None of this adds up, so it would make excellent sense 

to keep schools open over the summer and offer free 

holiday programmes of sports, creative and community 

activities to all children who want to join in. 

Of course it would cost money. Quite a lot of money. 

Organisers and helpers would have to be employed, there’d 

be significant management costs, and equipment and food 

would need to be provided. But set that against all the other 

costs that the summer holidays give rise to – more mental 

and physical health problems among children, more street 

violence, growing obesity, family struggles, workplace stress, 

and widening inequality – and the balance sheet would 

tip strongly in the direction of using our well-equipped 

and expensive school facilities to the maximum. Plus, of 

course, a national, and hopefully high-quality holiday 

scheme, would be able to offer much more consistency 

of care, and a much more balanced programme, than the 

postcode lottery of holiday provision than we have now. 

What this would take, though, would be 

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My own family had a personal crash course in this when we 

moved to America and our children joined the local elementary 

school. Almost immediately, they were casually cycling up to 

school in the evenings and at weekends to pick up forgotten 

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adults about – why shouldn’t pupils use it as their own? 

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summer, just as they are in term-time? There are lots 

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Music & Theatre 

Tue 9 – Sun 14 Jul 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

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The Rural Life Centre, 

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Jane Howard’s 

Fables from 

the Farm 

Jane explains the breeding cycle 

of the Coopers Farm herd 

If anyone ever asks us when we calve, I confidently 

say we have a spring calving herd, which means 

our 25 cows should all deliver their calves between 

February and April. Three months is generally deemed 

an acceptable period of time to be getting up every 

night to check for new arrivals and for dealing with 

all the management tasks that calving involves. 

Truth is, however, we had two cows calve in June this 

year and two of the old girls have still to deliver their 

bundles of joy. Old being the key to this conundrum. 

The natural life span of a cow is about 15 to 20 years, 

although these are not all reproductive years and typically 

a British beef cow will be kept in the herd for about 10 

to 12 years. Typically, she will ‘see’ the bull for the first 

time in the summer when she is two (I just love this coy 

cow parlance) and nine months later will produce her first 

spring calf. She then gets three months off before going 

back to the bull for the whole process to start again. 

All being well, this cycle of events should 

produce a calf a year, every year. After 10, her 

teeth may get a bit wobbly (or fall out) which 

means her cudding (chewing) is less efficient 

and she will find it harder to maximise the 

goodness in the dry winter forage, usually 

hay, so she won’t be in good condition to 

see that bull again the following spring. 

And of course, just like humans, her fertility 

will also decline as she gets on in years. 

If one had a crystal ball it would be easy 

to decide when the middle-aged girls should come to the 

end of their mothering careers and not be put back with 

“Typically, a 

British beef cow 

will be kept in 

the herd for 

about 10 to 

12 years” 

the bull to spend a lazy summer of bovine canoodling. Ever 

the optimist, all too often I give them the benefit of the 

doubt, one more turn round the block I hear myself say and 

then I’m surprised when things don’t go exactly to plan. 

And we can’t blame it on the bull. Rather 

like the cows he is at his best when he is 

young and keen and Captain, our new three 

year old bull, is just that. He will spend the 

summer months vigilantly patrolling the 

field passing from cow to cow just checking 

whether any of them might be coming into 

season and in need of his amorous advances. A 

young chap will happily attend to two or three 

cows in a day. For the more mature gentleman 

it is an altogether more relaxed affair. 

For starters there won’t be any patrolling, he will simply 

wait for the cows to alert him to oestrus. When a cow 

is coming into season, known as bulling, she will jump 

on the back of the other cows until she ovulates, when 

for a few hours she will stand still for the other cows to 

jump on her. Seeing all this bouncing around the older 

bull will obviously want a slice of the action but one at 

a time is generally the order of the day and so some may 

get missed and that calving pattern gets stretchy again! 

So I’ve been very firm with myself this year and have 

brought lots of new young heifers into the herd who – bing 

– will (should) all conceive first time around, and next year 

I shall be done and dusted with the calving business in the 

tightest of tight patterns. By May I’ll be filing my nails and 

wondering what to do with myself. Well that’s the plan. 

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