‘I worked 11-hour days as a London trader – running Middleton Castle is harder’
Growing up, Tom Barclay kept quiet about his family home of Middleton Castle, just outside King’s Lynn. “I never really talked...
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‘We were sinking in debt, then my brother had a brainwave’
The Shephards’ is a professional model of country house rental. They themselves do not host – for good reason, says...
‘We got a surprise discount on our £500k Cornish home – then restored its Georgian glory’
Colin made the window seats out of one of their old worktops and some MDF while Sophie made the pelmets...
‘The man I hired to install my toilet was arrested for murder before finishing the job’
I’m in the city but it feels like I’m in the countryside. If you’re in the right area you can...
