Home of the (first) famous Potter family

Feast your eyes on this handsome 18th century mansion house in the heart of Kent’s idyllic countryside, which can claim two impressive links to both ceramic and evolutionary history.
1. It once belonged to Sarah Wedgwood, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood, the man credited with making the Staffordshire pottery industry – and his surname – into a [...]

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Five To View: Country Houses

A few days ago, I read a Knight Frank report proclaiming that the price of country houses had risen for the first time in two years.
Ever since, I’ve been plagued by the Blur song which features that particular property type. You know the one: he lives in a house, a very big house…
Anyway, I digress. [...]

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Where’s The Nearest Off Licence?

Amy Winehouse is reportedly saying No, no, no to London life and upping sticks to a sedate village in the Suffolk countryside.
Tired of the temptations of the Capital, and in a bid to get her life back on track, the singer is supposedly just days away from completing on the purchase of a seven-bed period [...]

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