Surrey Homes | SH66 | April 2020 | Gardens supplement

This page: The master bed was found
in an antique shop in Lewes
the window, ‘I’m sure that’s a Paolozzi print’. So we phoned the
shop the next day and spoke to a guy called Tommy Roberts,
a barrow-boy made good in the fashion industry, who started
a company called Practical Styling. I think he just needed
some cash at the time, so he sold it to us quite reasonably.”
Across the main room, I have to see what the snug is all about…
“There’s a bit of a churchy theme going on in here,” says Jane,
“though neither of us is terribly religious”. A marble carving is
set in the wall, featuring the symbols Alpha & Omega – from
the cradle to the grave. “We like mixing religious themes with
pub décor,” says Rob. A prayer board, written in Arabic and
found in Marrakesh, hangs on the wall, next to a salvaged chapel
door that leads through to the sauna and downstairs shower
room. “We brought the door with us when we moved, so
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