As anyone who has saved to get on to the first rung of the housing ladder will tell you, ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’.
But what if, for example, it really is a castle – or for that matter a lovely untouched 17th century cottage – and the owner decides, for whatever reason, to spoil it in some way? Perhaps the owner chooses to strip out the special architectural features such as the marble chimney-pieces, or panelled rooms, writes Nigel Kirk.
In the first half of the … (View original article)