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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Rachel Leedham

This Arts & Crafts Home Was Ready for a New Chapter That Honored the History but Wasn't Restricted by It – ‘We Didn’t Want a Museum’

An arts and crafts style home perched atop the surrey hills.

On a clear day, the view from this house, high in the English Surrey Hills, stretches across the South Downs to a sliver of sea glinting more than 30 miles away. That breathtaking horizon was what first captured the imagination of its new owners, an Anglo-Australian family returning to the area.

But the setting was only part of this house design story: the home itself carried a rich creative history, shaped by artists, astronomers, and musicians.

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