Steeped in history, almost too nice to leave

Tommy Barker finds a former rectory that seems to get nearer to the city as you fall for its unique charms.

WHEN the owner of this house made the move here 27 years ago, her friends and family thought she was mad.

Now, with a family of four on the brink of adulthood or lurching into it, she and her husband are selling up and everybody thinks she is mad to be leaving.