Old school CHARM
Apr 01, 2020
4 minutes
FEATURE ANNABELLE GRUNDY
PHOTOGRAPHY & STYLING COLIN POOLE
House-hunting in the Cotswolds with her husband Nick, Pollyanna Green had set her heart on finding a quaint, thatched cottage. However, everything changed when she noticed a run-down Victorian schoolhouse in the heart of an attractive village in Worcestershire had come onto the market. “It was simply love at first sight,” she says. “There were wonderful features like the big solid doors, original parquet floors and separate boys’ and girls’ entrances. The school bell was still on the roof and there were little coat pegs and washbasins in the old cloakrooms. Although the interior was very tired and the layout confusing,
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