was to continue the tradition of building conventional English country houses. Over time, however, fashions have changed and homes built under the NPPF clause have become increasingly modern.

If he had been able to build a simpler, more ordinary home on the site, he said he would probably have done so. “It is extreme, this house,” he said. “But that is why it was given planning ...

Interior designer Kristin Lane invited Instagram users in 2021 to watch her remake a historic Colonial Revival house in Portland’s Dunthorpe enclave into a welcoming English country home for her ...