Find out more about our nominated properties and why our authors chose them. Imogen Robertson – Wordsworth House, Cumbria Built in the mid-eighteenth century, this imposing house in the market town of Cockermouth was the home of John Wordsworth, and the birthplace of his son William in 1770. Now, I thoroughly enjoy visiting the grand […]
More Glass than Wall
Hardwick is approached from below; the road winds round through the valley with a tantalising vista opening up, offering a glimpse of golden stone looming above, and then disappearing once more as you climb. Still invisible on the long drive through parkland scattered with sheep, Hardwick only reappears when you are almost upon her (she, […]