Charms to set you thinking

Tommy Barker takes an enchanted tour of a charming period property.

ATTRACTIVELY domesticated from its previous decades of use as a parochial house, this river valley-set home is a great place to rear a family. Or livestock.

Think large house with a warm, homely feel and bright rooms. Think six bedrooms, think old stone stables with new roofs, several handy worksheds, think potting house (or think ‘potty house’, one’s an ancient outdoor lavatory), and then think Aga heating and home cooking in the Georgian-era section.