Features
Stable conversion with style
March 25th 2012
The Barrys’ farm buildings conversion project didn’t go to plan at first, but they have created a perfect family home, says Victoria Jenkins
Derelict to delightful: a rundown Newport church transformed
February 28th 2012
Engineer Geoff Doughty and his teacher wife Hilary have put heart and soul into turning an historic derelict church into a comfortable and impressive home with soaring Gothic interiors
A charming Evesham home
November 18th 2011
The Sugdens have worked magic to turn the house they fell in love with into an elegant family home, says Victoria Jenkins
Top tips to help you find a self-build plot
October 25th 2011
Most people who want to build their own home find that the hardest part of the self-build process is finding a suitable site...
Top tips to help you find a self-build plot
October 25th 2011
Most people who want to build their own home find that the hardest part of the self-build process is finding a suitable site...
Through the keyhole: Park Farm at Colwall
September 14th 2011
Park Farm was a dark and dangerous place when the Duddys moved in. Today it combines the best of ancient and modern, says Victoria Jenkins
Through the keyhole of Lombard Tree Farm, Hanley Swan
August 10th 2011
The Gills may have been rookie renovators but their two-year project at Lombard Tree Farm is very big and very clever, says Victoria Jenkins
Award winning Grand Designs Live back in Birmingham for the 6th year
July 6th 2011
Design guru and TV broadcaster Kevin McCloud returns to the NEC in Birmingham this October for the 6th year running as host of Grand Designs Live – the inspirational and innovative home improvement, self-build and design show...
HOMES24.CO.UK Exciting Features and Tools Grow
April 8th 2011
Homes24.co.uk, the property channel of Archant, the UK's largest independently owned regional media businesses, and publisher of the Archant Life magazines, has had a strong reaction from users since re-launching last month...
HOMES24.CO.UK Exciting Features and Tools Grow
April 8th 2011
Homes24.co.uk, the property channel of Archant, the UK's largest independently owned regional media businesses, and publisher of the Archant Life magazines, has had a strong reaction from users since re-launching last month...
ARCHANT’S HOMES24.CO.UK RE-LAUNCHED TODAY
March 21st 2011
Archant, the UK's largest independently owned regional media businesses, today announced that they have re-launched their property channel homes24.co.uk, now powered by the leading property search and information business, Zoopla.
At Home in Worcestershire
December 22nd 2010
The house with a secret garden Orchards, old lavender paths, artichokes and an old asparagus bed were some of the delights awaiting Rebecca and Nigel Atkinson at their house near Bredon Hill.
Victoria Jenkins Interiors - A Georgian gem
August 13th 2010
When Sally Bogard spotted a dilapidated Georgian house in the Worcestershire countryside in the property section of a glossy magazine she dismissed it as ‘too much of a renovation job’. Her husband had other ideas, as Victoria Jenkins reports.
Victoria Jenkins Interiors - Five bedrooms, a pool and lots of hard work
July 16th 2010
Having lived in Australia a house with a pool was top priority for Jan and Alex Green. Only catch was that this house came with work to do.
Victoria Jenkins Interiors - From Roman villa to modern-day family home
June 18th 2010
Finding that your house is on the site of a Roman villa adds an extra layer of difficulty reports Victoria Jenkins.
Victoria Jenkins Interiors - The old hop farm
March 18th 2010
When Elise and Don Harper moved into their home in Tenbury Wells they first had to evict the ponies, cows and chickens from the living quarters. Photographs: Steve Russell
Victoria Jenkins Interiors - The Gothic lodge
February 17th 2010
This beautiful lodge house has been transformed from its former life as a woodman’s cottage. But before it was renovated some of its ghostly inhabitants had to be encouraged to move on.
Margaret Owen
March 3rd 2009
There were once mushrooms growing on the cellar ceiling, the roof leaked, and the kitchen was classic Formica. Now Barrington House is a beautiful home, and B & B, reports Victoria Jenkins. Photographs by Nicholas Yarsley
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