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C ON T E N T S May 2018 ON THE COVER 40 The List Flooring specialists

The kitchen of an Arts and Crafts house 45 Art scene The untold story behind a
in London, designed by Ben Pentreath piece by Eric Ravilious; exhibitions to
(pages 182–191), photographed by Paul see; and a brief history of Cedric Morris,
Hotels by Design Massey. Cover stories are in colour
50
the focus of three exhibitions this spring
Books A selection of literary offerings
6 Contributors
10 From the editor DE COR AT I NG
75 Swatch Charlie Porter creates colourful
I NSI DE R lanterns from new patterned wallpapers
13 Shopping Charlie Porter selects furniture 81 Rita notes Rita Konig explains the
and accessories with scalloped edges beauty of sculleries and pantries
19 Notebook What’s new in fabrics, 83 Profile Fiona McCarthy talks to the
wallpaper and home accessories German designer and architect Julia
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE 24 Wise buys Rémy Mishon presents von Werz about her own London house
MOST BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED a variety of cushions for under £50
HOTELS IN THE WORLD 2018
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27 News and views The new tile company to LIFESTYLE
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watch; a preview of London Craft Week; 87 Floral code Inspired by the garden of
and highlights from Maison et Objet her childhood home, Melissa Richardson
F R E E M AGA Z I N E , PAG E 1 01 33 Outside interests Clare Foster focuses on left the world of fashion to start
VOLUME 73 앫 NUMBER 5
56 pages of inspiring international spring-flowering clematis; plus outdoor JamJar Flowers. By Olinda Adeane
interiors, from Copenhagen to Australia heat and light sources for spring 96 Two’s company David Nicholls talks
PLUS, W I N A GR EEK ISL A N D 36 Out and about Laura Houldsworth to three design company partnerships
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EDIT: INTERIORS, GARDENS, STORIES
182 Distinct presence Designer Ben Pentreath has given each room
in this reconfigured Arts and Crafts house in London its own
personality, combining colour and texture with interesting pieces
from different periods. By Elfreda Pownall
192 Acting on impulse A spontaneous viewing led to a quick purchase
for Miranda Alexander, but her Dorset house, made up of two
buildings from different periods, has turned out to be the perfect
fit. By Ros Byam Shaw
200 Green dreams Hidden among trees in rural Columbia County,
New York, is a collection of buildings that provide a welcome
sense of escape for its owner and reflect his commitment to
sustainability. By Dominic Bradbury
208 Bold comfort The owners of this end of terrace in north London called
From £7,500 to £125,000
upon Suzy Hoodless to help them add colour, pattern and a dose of
fun to its restored and extended Victorian bones. By Emma J Page
214 The knowledge Inspired by the houses in this issue, Bethan Hyatt
gives directions on how to achieve similar style
216 Calm and collected Ruth Sleightholme combines neutral and
monochrome Korean-inspired textiles with English furniture
for stripped-back schemes
222 Legacy planting At San Giuliano, the 800-year-old estate of a
Sicilian marquis, evolving displays of succulents and tropical flowers
HARLECH 09
ensure the garden always feels beguiling and alive. By Helena Attlee
228 Show and sell With the help of designer Simon Irvine, curator and
potter Joanna Bird has turned her garden into an exhibition space,
where sculpted ceramics meet calming evergreens. By Francesca Ryan
232 Sowing the seeds In the second part of the series, Clare Foster
reflects on a busy month in her kitchen garden, planting and
weeding in anticipation of an abundant summer
E N T E RTA I N I NG
Designed by Madeline Weinrib, hand made in London 235 Nordic soul Danish chef and food writer Trine Hahnemann devises
a selection of dishes for a casual seasonal supper
243 Taste notes News, reviews and tips for cooks and food lovers
E V E RY I S S U E
241 Subscriptions How to subscribe to House & Garden in the UK and US
245 Stockists
264 Self portrait George Khachfe, the CEO of Poliform UK, paints
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T h i s m o n t h’ s c o n t r i b u t o r s
BEN
PENTREATH
Architectural designer
Ben Pentreath describes his style
as ‘hopefully timeless and never
dull’. Indeed, when asked about
LINE T the people who inspire him, he
lists a varied cast of design-world
KLEIN characters, including Terence
Photographer Conran, David Mlinaric, Billy
Line Klein says she was ‘spell- Baldwin and David Hicks. A form-
bound’ by the first darkroom she ative moment for Ben came at
saw when she was 14. She worked the age of 21, when he visited
in the photography department the house of the former House
of a newspaper in Denmark & Garden editor Robert Harling,
before becoming a photographer an experience he says he ‘will
full time. Working with stylists never forget’. More recently,
on shoots has inspired Line to Ben found inspiration in a less
see her home ‘as a playground’ likely place – Matthew Walker’s
and to invest in ‘fewer but better book Why We Sleep: ‘My mind
pieces of furniture’. This month, has been a lot more rested since
she photographed the recipes I read it and that is the greatest
of fellow Dane Trine Hahnemann design inspiration I can hope
(from page 235) . for.’ An Arts and Crafts house
Where is the most amazing in London that he designed
place you have visited? features from page 182.
‘Trancoso in Brazil, which I When you are not working,
photographed for House & where would we ind you and
Garden’s Hotels by Design what would you be doing?
supplement last year. It is ‘I’d be pottering around in
breathtakingly beautiful.’ Dorset, with my husband
Charlie – getting sunk into
several pints at a pub or
lying on a beach reading.’
HELENA
ATTLEE
Writer
‘This week I’m in Sicily teaching
WORDS: LEANNE WALSTOW. PHOTOGRAPHS: SIMON BEVAN; ALEX RAMSAY
on Cook the Farm, a course

all about sustainable farming,
cooking and eating,’ Helena
Attlee says. Always passionate
about Italy, she has written
many books on its gardens. Her most recent, The Land Where Lemons
Grow, focuses on the story of Italy’s citrus fruit. What she enjoys most
in a garden is ‘the compromises and interactions between plants and
architecture’. For this issue, Helena visited San Giuliano (from page 222).
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I was delighted to discover a BBC documentary from
1992 on iPlayer called Signs of the Times. It’s a funny,
fascinating and poignant portrait of the nation’s interiors
tastes, captured brilliantly through the deadpan photo-
graphy of Martin Parr. As a nation, we do like to talk
about our houses. Working at House & Garden gives me
leave to quiz people about their homes and I’m amazed
at how many (often quite unlikely) characters are more than happy to talk at length about them. A
simple question about a chair or a fabric can quickly lay bare the range of emotions that
were behind that decorating decision. Other people’s taste is always fascinating – ‘what WERE they
thinking?’ must be one of the most gleeful questions in decorating. I’m always a bit daunted by the
expectation that people have when visiting my flat, in a 1740s town house in central London. I rent
it from Rugby School and while I have made lots of changes (new kitchen, new floors), there
are still plenty of details I would want to apologise for – like the horrible door handles and the paint
swatches that have been on my bedroom wall for four years with no colour chosen. This is why a good
interior designer is such a wise investment. They’ll actually finish the job.
In this issue, we have our annual Hotels by Design supplement (from page 101) – 56 pages of the
most beautiful and often quite remarkable places to stay, and of course, to take decorating inspiration
from. In the main issue, on page 81, Rita Konig muses on the luxury of a good scullery; now so many
of us eat in our kitchens, it makes sense to have a space where the dirty dishes can be whisked away
to. If you had a kitchen as beautiful as that pictured on the cover, in a fantastic Arts and Crafts house
decorated by Ben Pentreath (from page 182), you’d feel the same way. The interior seamlessly marries
pieces from the eighteenth to mid-twentieth centuries and is full of wonderful wallpapers. If it leaves
you craving pattern for your own walls, turn to Swatch (from page 75), where Charlie Porter has lined
up the best designs for the new season. As spring arrives, so does the return of our editor Hatta Byng
from maternity leave, so I bid you farewell and hope you enjoy all the beauty of the May issue.
O N M Y R A D A R
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Upholstered and painted beech ‘Editor’s Chair’, 85 x 56 x 63cm, £1,350 excluding fabric, from David Seyfried; covered
in ‘Shore Thing’ (green), by Thibaut, linen/cotton, £78 a metre, from Turnell & Gigon. ‘The Rattan Ripple Console’,
78 x 167 x 47cm, £5,300, from Soane. ‘Lillee’ wooden table lamp (whitewash), 39 x 12cm base diameter, £60, from Pooky.
Raffia and cotton ‘Denim Scallop Lampshade’, 36cm diameter, £135; ‘Scallop Tole Plant Pots’ (green), 15 x 8cm
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Glass Candleholders’ (blue, red, light green), £70 each; all from Matilda Goad. Powder-coated steel ‘Scallop Shelves’ (white), 29cm wide,
£20 each, from Bobby Rabbit. 3 From left: cotton ‘Scalloped Edge Square Pillow Case’ (blue), 65cm square, £22; ‘Scalloped Edge
Oxford Pillow Cases’ (coral, blue, green), 50 x 75cm, £20 each; all from Sophie Conran. Bottom: Cotton ‘Celine Standard Oxford
Pillowcase’ (blue), 50 x 75cm, £26, from Cologne & Cotton. 4 Irish linen ‘Scallop Placemats’ (sapphire), 33 x 48cm, $95 for a set of four,
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‘Large Painted D-end Table with Scalloped Frieze’, 89 x 118.5 x 30.5cm, £1,680, from Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler.
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of six, from Matilda Goad. ‘Lillee’ wooden table lamp bases (orange), 39 x 12cm base diameter, £60 each, from Pooky. ‘Huaca
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‘Guinea Floor’
Portoro marble,
oak and organza
lamp, 170 x
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from Servomuto
RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME shows us

what has caught her eye this month
‘Resin Tall Stone Jugs’

(from left: turmeric,
lagoon, oyster shell), 32 x
12cm diameter, £205 each,
from Dinosaur Designs
Rattan and leather

‘Fish Scale Screen’,
165 x 160cm,
€4,900, from
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Walnut ‘Brampton Sofa’, 74 x 256 x 85cm, covered in ‘Glamour’

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Lamp’ (matte white),
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‘Arch’ and ‘Tate’ Antonson. ‘Fez’ linen
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(f lush/milk), by from Porta Romana
Popham Design,
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a square metre,
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Resin ‘Bon Bon

Boxes’ (pink, pale
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square, from Tina ‘Livorno’,
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bottom of page) x 630cm for 5
panels, €3,690
as seen, from
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‘Boma’ aluminium three-seater sofa, by Rodolfo Dordoni, 90 x

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‘Papyrus’ wallpaper
(ambre), by ‘Cartocci Collection’ paper clay
Alexandra Bruel, vessels, by Paola Paronetto,
44.7cm wide, €57.90 from 24 x 15cm diameter, from
a 3-metre roll, €112, from William Yeoward
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cotton mix cushion, 50cm square, £32 including
pad, from French Connection. 4 Tassel velvet
cushion cover, 45cm square, £15, from J D Williams.
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Introducing a new tile company, founded by a trio with an impressive
design pedigree and a focus on finish, colour and texture
PHOTOGRAPH GREG FUNNELL
etween the three of statement. As addictions go, it is an innoc- not yet signed on the dotted line for its
B
them, Rob Whitaker, uous one to have, although clearly still showroom in central London, but the
Andy Manders and exhilarating. ‘There’s something amazing plan is for it to open later this spring. (A
Lucy Kenna have over about meeting specialists round the world shoppable website launched earlier
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in the world of beauti- creating unique glazes,’ Rob explains. ‘It is viduals who are doing up their houses, as
ful tiles. They met at such an underappreciated art form.’ well as interior designers who are working
Fired Earth, where The debut collection will draw plaudits on large-scale commercial projects.
Rob was creative director, Andy the CEO for its modern feel, stylish palette and dis- In addition to its off-the-shelf collection,
and Lucy the marketing director. Last tinctive finishes. The white marble ‘East the company is offering a bespoke service
year, however, the trio decided to take a Haven’ range has been cut into arabesque, for its trade customers. It bodes well
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plan was to begin small. But that’s not to reimagined with a nod to the Japanese started trading. You can be sure that there
say they don’t have big ambitions. firing process; and myriad textures grace will be many more to follow. claybrook.studio
It will come as no surprise that high-end the glazed terracotta ‘Cannes’ range. The David Nicholls
f loor and wall tiles are the brand’s initial tiles are made all over the world– from Italy Visit houseandgarden.co.uk/claybrook
focus. ‘Who knew that a tile could be so and Spain to the US, China and Turkey. for an update on the London showroom
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ABOVE LEFT A selection of tiles from Claybrook’s debut collection. In the background: porcelain stoneware ‘Raku’ (yokohoma), £2.59. Clockwise
from top: glazed terracotta ‘Cannes’ (florence), £13.45; recycled glass ‘Coniserie Mosaic’ (blush chevron), £7.68; glazed ceramic ‘Metro Deco Dado’
(penn station), £1.79, and ‘Metro Deco’ (penn station), 50p; porcelain stoneware ‘Raku’ (sapporo), £2.59; glazed ceramic ‘Sagrada Border 1’ (nave),
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Finely woven MAISON
‘I
started weaving as a child, when my mother ET OBJET
bought me a toy loom from Ikea,’ says 26-year- Glass was the material
old London-based weaver Christabel Balfour. du jour at January’s
Twenty or so years later and the toy has been Maison et Objet design
replaced by two slightly more serious models – a and decoration fair
1976 Harris floor loom and a two-metre-wide in Paris. A host of
tapestry loom from 1992 – which she uses to designers embraced
weave rugs and wall hangings in her Peckham studio. the material’s
Christabel’s designs are simple and contemporary, versatility to create
featuring geometric patterns and an earthy palette, with striking sculptural
pieces, including
splashes of colour. It takes her three to four days to weave
tables, lighting and
a large rug, and she starts out by drawing a rough pencil tableware. Here are
sketch. ‘I plan how large each section will be and then some highlights.
set the warp on the loom, which takes a day or two,’ she CLOCKWISE FROM TOP One of
Christabel’s designs on the loom. The
says. ‘I can weave a simple design at 20cm an hour, but
weaver at her studio in Peckham. A
a complicated pattern is more like 4cm an hour.’ selection of her rugs and wall hangings
This month, the maker will take part in two free events
as part of the fourth annual London Craft Week (May
9–13), where studios and craftspeople across the capital
These ‘Zigzag’ ribbed
open their doors to the public. She will be showing her
glass side tables were
work at Peckham’s Copeland Gallery (May 10–13), as designed by Lars Kemper
well as giving weaving demonstrations at the Barbican and Peter Olah for Czech
Centre (May 9–12), where she will be installing her loom. brand Lasvit. lasvit.com
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Sebastian Herkner’s
toadstool-like ‘Delight’
side table, designed for
the German brand Pulpo
and made from mouth-
blown glass, has a dusty
matt inish. pulpo-shop.de
Three more London Craft Week events
1 2 3
As part of Nude’s
The shops of PIMLICO ROAD Echoes of Process, a free Pay a visit to LONDON latest collection, the
are always a fount of inspiration. exhibition at CONTEMPORARY GLASSBLOWING’s studio on
LUCIE ELEANOR; YESHEN VENEMA PHOTOGRAPHY
Amsterdam-based
The Midas Touch at Rose Uniacke is APPLIED ARTS in Southwark Bermondsey Street, SE1 between design duo Studio
a free exhibition on the art of gilding. Street, SE1, will feature items from 2 and 4pm on May 12 to watch the Formafantasma
At Soane, you can see weavers at the studio of metalsmith Adi Toch glassblower Charlie Macpherson presented the ‘Pigmento’
work on rattan furniture and lighting. and highlight elements of her craft create works of art from molten range of mouth-blown
glass serving plates
roseuniacke.com | soane.co.uk that are usually discarded. caa.org.uk glass. londonglassblowing.co.uk
and containers, which
have been coloured
For our pick of 10 more of the best events, demonstrations and talks at with pastel pigments.
London Craft Week (May 9-13), go to houseandgarden.co.uk/londoncraftweek2018 nudeglass.com 컄

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ANTIQUES
DI A RY
Spring Decorative
Antiques and
Textiles Fair
April 17–22
Over 150 dealers will be
at this fair at Battersea
Park, SW11. This
Seventies leather chair
and footstool are from
Philip Thomas. Admission
£10, free if you book
online. decorativefair.com
Cotswolds Art &

REINTRODUCING: THOMAS CHIPPENDALE Antiques Dealers’
Association
ver the course of three centuries, Many contemporary brands, including Oka,
O
Fair (CADA)
Chippendale has become a byword Titchmarsh & Goodwin and Jamb, produce April 19–22
for a wide swathe of fine furniture furniture that includes Chippendale elements. This fair at Blenheim
that was either designed by Thomas This year marks the tercentenary of Thomas Palace features over 30
dealers, selling furniture,
Chippendale (1718–1779) or heav- Chippendale’s birth and, as part of The Chippen-
textiles, ceramics and
ily influenced by him and produced dale Society’s initiative Chippendale 300, several more. This Chinese
by joiners across Britain, Europe and America. exhibitions are highlighting his significance. Visit porcelain wucai jar is
Surprisingly little is known about the man Leeds City Museum to see a remarkable collection from Catherine Hunt.
himself, who moved to London from his home of Chippendale’s drawings, documents and furni- Admission free; register
town of Otley in Yorkshire at the age of 30. He set ture. To see the designer’s work in its intended online. cadafair.com
up a workshop on St Martin’s Lane and employed context, drive half an hour north to Harewood
between 40 and 50 men to make everything from House. Chippendale’s firm was commissioned in
chairs and writing tables to sconces and clock the late eighteenth century to fit out the house
cases. Chippendale’s style reflected the tastes of with furniture, curtains, wallpapers, upholstery
the day, incorporating French, Gothic, Chinese and carpets, and now a special trail highlights
and rococo elements. He made a name for himself some of the finest pieces. Other events will take
in 1754 when he published The Gentleman and place at venues including Nostell Priory to the
Cabinet-Maker’s Director, a pattern book that con- south of Leeds and Dumfries House in Scotland. The Petworth
tained 160 engravings of furniture, ‘Thomas Chippendale, 1718–1779: A Celebration Park Antiques &
Fine Art Fair
including designs for the ‘Gothic, of Craftsmanship and Design’ is at Leeds City
May 11–13
Chinese and Modern Taste’. Museum until June 9. ‘Thomas Chippendale With over 50 exhibitors,
Nothing of this scale had been – Designer, Maker, Decorator’ is at this fair in Sussex is
published before and it attracted Harewood House until September. a great place to find
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST/PAUL BARKER
the attention of many aristocrats, For details of Chippendale 300 fine furniture, sculpture,
craftsmen and cabinet makers. It is events, visit chippendale300.co.uk lighting and ceramics.
unlikely that Chippendale would Above is Chanctonbury
TOP Chippendale chairs in the Ring by Stephen Palmer,
have made any furniture himself, from Moncrief-Bray
entrance hall of Harewood House
but he was a savvy businessman who Gallery. Admission £10;
in Yorkshire. LEFT This lyre-back
set up a framework for furniture chair is on display as part of the free if booked online.
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CLARE FOSTER finds fresh gardening inspiration
Wi n n i ng c o m b i na t i o n
Recreate designer planting combinations with border collections from Crocus.
The online nursery supplies a range of collections for shade, sun, wildlife and in
many colours and styles. The ‘Stars of the Show Plant Combination’ shown here was
designed by Luciano Giubbilei for his gold medal-winning garden at RHS Chelsea
Flower Show in 2009. It contains one plant each of Paeonia ‘Buckeye Belle’,
Astrantia major ‘Claret’, Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ and Foeniculum vulgare
‘Giant Bronze’. All plants flower from May to June and are suitable for an open,
sunny border. The collection costs £31.96 for four plants in 9cm pots. crocus.co.uk
In Season
CAMASSIAS are in bloom in May, and one of the best places to see them is at Hare
Spring Cottage Plants in North Yorkshire, where owner Stella Exley has a National
Collection with over 80 varieties. Seen here are C. cusickii ‘Zwanenburg’ (left) and
C. leichtlinii ‘Semiplena’ (right). Thriving in either damp heavy soil or drier ground,
these hardy North American bulbs look equally good in a meadow or a mixed border.
Flowers come in shades of blue and white – some with variegated foliage or double
f lowers – and they bloom from late spring into early summer. You can buy camassia
plants from Hare Spring Cottage Plants during its open weekend on May 5–6, or
see the nursery’s camassia exhibits at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival (May 10–13)
and RHS Chelsea Flower Show (May 22–26). harespringcottageplants.co.uk 컄

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SPRING-
FLOWERING
C L E M AT I S
here are clematis species and varieties
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for every season, and in spring the hardy
Atragene group really comes into its
own. It includes C. alpina, C. macropetala,
C. koreana and C. chinensis and their
hybrids, which have delicate, bell-like
flowers in a spectrum of colours from
white and pale yellow to blue, mauve
and pink. These easy-to-grow climbers need less cosseting
than some larger-f lowered varieties, and do better in poorer,
drier soils as their root systems are light and fibrous.
There are dozens of hybrids to choose from. My favourites
include the C. alpina cultivars ‘Frances Rivis’, a deep vibrant
blue, and ‘Ruby’, with velvety f lowers in deep pink-maroon.
Seen here is C. koreana ‘Amber’, plant of the year at RHS
Chelsea in 2016, which has pale yellow double f lowers like
frilly tutus. Other double f lowers include the blue C. macro-
petala and its pale-faced cousins ‘Albina Plena’, which has
pure white flowers with green-tinged centres, and the delicate
‘Lemon Dream’, with flowers of palest creamy yellow.
All these varieties will f lower for several months from mid
spring through summer, with a height and spread of about
2.5 metres. Grow them in a light soil in a sunny, sheltered
spot, giving them support as they grow. Add bonemeal to the
soil when you plant, and make sure you plant deep enough to
cover the root ball in order to ensure the roots are kept cool.
Clematis plants are available to order from Thorncroft Clematis,
from £11.25 for a 2-litre-size plant. thorncroftclematis.co.uk
HEAT AND LIGHT

Make the most of your garden as the days get longer with fire bowls, lanterns and outdoor fireplaces
Bol’s minimal ‘Corten Fire Bowl’ Perfect for a small space or a Try draping these ‘Anker Outdoor Made from iron and glass, the
has a grate for wood burning. It is terrace, this ‘Outdoor Fireplace’ String Lights’ on a pergola. The 10 ‘Elegant Filigree Lantern’ from
also available with a natural gas from Dobbies has a built-in log metal shades are 14cm in diameter Cox & Cox is designed to hold
or propane burner. The bowl has store below the fire. The fireplace and come with a 7.66-metre cable. a church candle. It measures
a 107cm diameter and costs measures 150 x 60 x 32.5cm The set costs £118, plus £68 for 10 40 x 38cm diameter and
from £2,300. paloform.co.uk and costs £229. dobbies.com LED bulbs. rowenandwren.co.uk costs £75. coxandcox.co.uk

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April and May are prime sowing and planting times in the kitchen
garden, and vegetable seedlings will get you off to a head start.
Sarah Raven’s ‘Bestselling Veg Seedling Collection’ includes
51 seedlings: 20 x beetroot ‘Boltardy’; 10 x broad bean ‘Stereo’;
1 x courgette ‘Romanesco’; 10 x french bean ‘Blue Lake’; and 10 x
pea ‘Alderman’. The collection costs £42.95 from sarahraven.com.
Channel hopping
PAULO TOUREIRO; JONATHAN BUCKLEY; JÉRÔME HOUYVET
If you want to broaden your garden-show repertoire, a visit to

Les Journées des Plantes de Chantilly near Paris is a must. With the
stunning Château de Chantilly as a backdrop, this charming show, on May
18–20, combines excellent nursery exhibits with select garden sundries.
A passion for plants is the keynote, with each nursery nominating a
seasonal favourite, which will be judged by a panel of horticulturists
from all over Europe. The show is less than an hour by train from the
centre of Paris and Gare du Nord for the Eurostar, and only a 20-minute
drive from Charles de Gaulle Airport. domainedechantilly.com 첸
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Colourful
collection
Fermoie has opened a
new flagship showroom
at 53–55 Pimlico Road,
SW1, to house its fabrics
and accessories. These
cushions are in, from top:
Latest launches… chic showrooms… hot ‘Green Sicily’ cotton,
buys… LAURA HOULDSWORTH takes note ‘Green Quartz’ cotton/
linen, ‘Green Plain Linen
Aventurine’ and ‘Red and
SOMETHING NEW Green Sicily’ cotton. They
It is a real treat being are 43cm square and £76
invited to see a preview of each, including a pad.
a company’s new fabric 01672-513723; fermoie.com
collections. At Colefax
and Fowler, this pretty
‘Mereworth’ linen in pink
and green stood out. It is
available in another two
colourways and costs
£79 a metre. 020-8874
6484; colefax.com
Set the tone
‘Rugs are all about colour and mood,’
says specialist Robert Stephenson.
This original Sixties flatweave des-
ign by Ingegerd Silow measures 145
x 196cm and costs £1,985. 020-7225
2343; robertstephenson.co.uk
All lined up
You cannot go wrong with a striped fabric and Robert Kime’s ‘Tynemouth
Ticking’ linen in blue looks particularly smart on this ‘Medium Standard’
armchair from George Smith. The chair measures 85 x 81.5 x 101.5cm and
costs £3,730 including the fabric. 020-7384 1004; georgesmith.com
All the trimmings

Samuel & Sons’ showroom at Design Centre,
JOSHUA MONAGHAN; PIXELATE IMAGING; DEBORAH HUSK
Chelsea Harbour is a treasure trove of trims

and fringes. Pictured are some of the new
Matelassé collection borders, from £72 a
metre. 020-7351 5153; samuelandsons.com
NEWS IN BRIEF If you are visiting the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (May 22-26), don’t miss The Dorchester’s
pop-up bar, serving Champagne breakfasts, afternoon tea and cocktails. Breakfast costs £45. rhs.org.uk 컄

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Shopping trip Chef Brett

Graham
If you are heading to New York,
pop into the new Bottega Veneta
Maison at 740 Madison Avenue.
The Italian company’s largest
store in the world, it is set over
ive floors, carrying all home and
furniture collections alongside
ready-to-wear and leather
accessories. This table lamp is
crated from Murano glass with a
vintage leather wire cover.
It measures 61 x 40cm and costs
$6,000. bottegaveneta.com
DESK
DECORATION
Stationery specialist
Smythson is launching a new
‘Bond’ collection inspired by
previously unseen archive
pieces. These leather
‘Animal Pen Pots’, in nile
blue and palm green, will
brighten up your desk.
They cost £195 each. 0808-
164 1801; smythson.com
Cookery
NATURAL BEAUTY masterclass Kitchen
The colours of these plain linens from the
new ‘Loom’ collection at Mark Alexander take with Brett Graham event
their cue from the natural world. The fine
linen weave, made from a specially created of The Ledbury
crimped yarn, is gently washed for a
oin House & Garden and Martin Moore for a
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beautifully relaxed fabric. Each of the 20
colours (this sofa is in indigo, with cushions in cookery masterclass with Brett Graham, chef
peacock and atlantic) costs £145 a metre. and patron at The Ledbury restaurant in Notting
01623-756699; markalexander.com Hill – consistently listed as one of The World’s 50
Best Restaurants. Brett will be at the Martin
Moore kitchen showroom in Westbourne Grove,
W11, close to the restaurant, on Tuesday, May 15,
10.30am–1.30pm. Since starting work in a fish
restaurant in his native Australia at the age of 15,
he has risen to the upper echelons of London’s
dining scene and is one of the only UK-based chefs to boast three Michelin
stars (for The Ledbury and The Harwood). This is a rare opportunity to
see Brett cooking outside his own restaurants. He will be preparing a
selection of dishes in his signature style – a combination of classic French
with Japanese and British influences. Martin Moore’s design director
Richard Moore will start the day with a short conversation on the art of
bespoke kitchen design, followed by a cookery masterclass with Brett.
Tickets cost £30 each, including morning cofee and pastries, lunch with
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art scene
Edited by EMILY TOBIN
THE
UNTOLD
S T O RY
Exploring the
history behind
works of art
EDWARD
BAWDEN
WORKING
IN HIS
STUDIO,
1930, BY ERIC
RAVILIOUS
ric Ravilious was the son of a shopkeeper Bawden’s heel hovers above his slipper, the cat cleans itself, cartoons
E
and, by all accounts, a resolutely jolly for the murals are rolled in the corner, a guardsman’s jacket is dis-
person. Douglas Percy Bliss, a peer from carded on the floor – an image of artistic irreverence.
his art school days, recalled, ‘Even when In 1931, Bawden and Ravilious teamed up to lease Brick House
[Eric] fell in love – and that was frequently in Great Bardfield. They spent two-and-a-half years in Essex.
– he was never submerged by disappoint- Biographer Andy Friend has described it as ‘a period of com-
ment. Cheerfulness kept creeping in.’ radely competitiveness and unselfconscious bohemianism that
Edward Bawden was the son of an iron- had yielded a rich artistic haul’.
monger; in contrast to Eric he was a solitary Bawden was devastated by the untimely death of his friend. He
child and a shy adult, albeit one with an irrepressible sense of wrote to Ravilious’s wife, the artist Tirzah Garwood: ‘No one I
humour. Despite their differences, when the pair met at the Royal know or have known seems to possess what he had, an almost
College of Art, they became friends and remained so until Ravil- flawless taste, that and our long friendship which commenced
ious’s plane disappeared off Iceland in 1942. He was not yet 40. on the first day each of us entered South Kensington produced I
In 1928, Ravilious and Bawden were commissioned, at the rate think, by habit and intimacy, an understanding of each other
of £1 a day, to create murals for the Refectory and Prince of that went deeper than with anyone else… But my dear Tirzah it
Wales Hall at Morley College in south London. This was a sus- is so much more than all that – I simply can’t tell you, or anyone
tained collaboration, which they worked on for 16 months while else, or even myself what it is, or how much it is I miss by losing
also living together at 52 Redcliffe Road, SW10. Sadly, the Eric – I find myself in tears at this moment.’
murals were destroyed in 1940, when a bomb hit the college. Ravilious left everything he owned to Tirzah. Except this
© ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
In 1930, Ravilious created this painting of Bawden in his stu- painting, which went to Bawden. ET
dio in Redcliffe Road. He painted it several months after he had The painting features in ‘Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of
left the address and the murals had been finished, yet it captures Friendship. English Artist Designers 1922–1942’ at Compton
poignantly the intimacy of their friendship and life in London. Verney, Warwickshire, until June 10; comptonverney.org.uk 컄

INSIDER | ART John Thomson, Ruilin,
Governor of Guangdong
and Guangxi, Guangzhou,
Guangdong, 1869–71
EXHIBITIONS
THROUGH THE LENS OF

JOHN THOMS ON: CHINA AND SIAM
A nineteenth-century photographer’s reflections on Asia
John Thomson was a Scottish photographer and writer who set off for Asia in 1862. He spent 10 years photographing Siam
(now Thailand), Cambodia and various provinces of China. This exhibition at the Brunei Gallery, at SOAS University of London,
unveils newly discovered negatives held at the Wellcome Library in London. April 13–June 23; johnthomsonexhibition.org

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RODIN AND THE ART

OF ANCIENT GREECE
Sculptures by Auguste
Rodin will be displayed at
BUYING ART
Three limited-edition prints to
the British Museum along consider adding to your collection
with the Parthenon sculp-
tures that inspired him.
The exhibition will explore
his relationship with
ancient Greece, revealing
how he regularly travelled
to London to sketch
antiquities. April 26–July
29; britishmuseum.org
SCHOOL PRINTS Pictured Rodin in his
In 1946, a letter was sent to a number of artists ask- Museum of Antiquities at
ing them to produce a series of lithographs for use Meudon on the outskirts
in schools, as a means of giving pupils an under- of Paris, 1910
standing of contemporary art. Some 72 years later, [1 ] FRANCO GENTILINI
the Hepworth Wakefield has reinvented the concept 1957, art print on cotton, edition of 400,
and asked six British artists, including Martin 80 x 83cm, £770, from Helle Thygesen
Creed and Rose Wylie, to create limited-edition Art & Antiques. hellethygesen.com
prints that will be given to six local schools. As with
the original prints, these will be on sale to the public,
ANTHONY HOBBS/COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND MARLBOROUGH FINE ART; © SUCCESSION PICASSO/DACS 2017/© TATE; ALBERT HARLINGUE/© MUSÉE RODIN; CHRISTIAN HOYER THE WELLCOME LIBRARY, LONDON
with profits going into the Hepworth’s education

programme. The latest commissions are on display
alongside the original prints at Hepworth Wake-
field. Until June 3; hepworthwakefield.org Pictured
Pablo Picasso, Composition, 1948
[2] EDDY VAREKAMP

Swimmers, stencil print, 76 x 56cm, €75,
from Eddy Varekamp. eddyvarekamp.nl
[3] ANDRÉ BICÂT

HUGHIE O’DONOGHUE : SCORCHED EARTH Bathers, linocut, artist’s proof,
This month, Marlborough Fine Art will exhibit works by Hughie O’Donoghue, known 47 x 57cm, £650, from Jenna Burlingham
for his rich colours. The show is inspired by Van Gogh’s years in France. Until April Fine Art. jennaburlingham.com 컄
14; marlboroughlondon.com Pictured Hughie O’Donoghue’s County Mayo studio

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CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT

Poppies, 1926. Cedric Morris, c.1930.
Connemara Landscape, 1936.
Cotyledon and Eggs, 1944.
May Flowering Irises No 2, 1935.
All oil on canvas, by Cedric Morris
a brief history of
CEDRIC MORRIS
COURTESY THE CEDRIC MORRIS ESTATE; © NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON 5407; © PHILIP MOULD & COMPANY; © COLCHESTER ART SOCIETY
Hugh St Clair profiles the British artist and plantsman, who is the subject of three new exhibitions
he reputation of the artist Cedric Morris has instruction, just encouragement and the occasional comment.
T
been through ups and downs. In the Twenties Students were required to have a clear idea of their painting style
and Thirties, he was an exotic creature in Lon- and a willingness to work hard at it. ‘We propose to work on this
don with exhibitions at all the best galleries. He assumption and not on the current idea that the student is the
had lived in Paris, where he attended Académie depository for the theories of the master,’ the prospectus stated.
Moderne with Fernand Léger. He was friends One of their first pupils was the young and wayward Lucian
with Man Ray, Juan Gris and Constantin Bran- Freud, who had been expelled from two schools. He described
cusi, and was godfather to Peggy Guggenheim’s son, Sindbad. the EASPD as ‘a place where people were working and that there
Twenty years later, his work had fallen out of fashion, but was a very strong atmosphere’. It was where he gained what he
today, Morris is finding favour with a new generation, with his called a feeling of ‘sureness’. In the early Sixties, Maggi Hambling
early flower paintings increasing four-fold in value in five years. knocked on the door and got a job in the kitchen so she could
He was an abstract painter, but also painted landscapes, flowers paint there. Elizabeth David was a guest and swapped recipes
and birds with an acute sense of realism, presence and power. He with Lett-Haines, an exceptional cook who did all the catering.
was a member of the Seven and Five Society, the nurturing ground This year, for the first time in 35 years, not one but three
for all the big names in modern British art – Hepworth, Moore, exhibitions will present reassessments of Morris’s varied subject
Nicholson. In 1932, he resigned, feeling his kind of painting was matter: landscapes at Philip Mould & Company, SW15 (Cedric
not in step with the Society’s direction; he moved out of London Morris: Beyond the Garden Wall, April 18–July 22); f lowers at
to create a garden, becoming better known for his plant breeding. the Garden Museum, SE17 (Cedric Morris: Artist Plantsman,
He lived in the Essex village of Dedham with his partner April 18–July 22); and portraits and drawings at Gainsborough’s
Arthur Lett-Haines, one of the first English surrealist painters. House, Sudbury (Cedric Morris, until June 17) 첸
The pair made a different kind of contribution to British art philipmould.com | gardenmuseum.org.uk | gainsborough.org.
when they opened the East Anglian School of Painting and Hugh St Clair’s biography, ‘The Life of Cedric Morris & Arthur
Drawing. Unusually for the time, the school did not give formal Lett-Haines’ (Pimpernel Press, £20), will be published this autumn

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WOR D S A N D P IC T U R E S
What to read: the latest books reviewed by ELIZABETH METCALFE
M ay r e a d i n g l i s t
ART, PASSION & POWER:
THE STORY OF THE ROYAL COLLECTION
by Michael Hall (BBC Books, £30)
Even if it did not have a foreword
by HRH The Prince of Wales, this
would still be a noteworthy book.
It is the first to tell the story of one
of the world’s greatest collections
of fine and decorative art. Rather
than just summarising what is in the Royal Col-
lection – there are over a million works, including
masterpieces by Van Dyck and Rembrandt – art
historian Michael Hall explores what motivated
individual monarchs when it came to acquiring
and commissioning art, from the Middle Ages to
the present day. This is a book that will delight
historians and art enthusiasts alike.
GARDENING NOTES FROM A LATE BLOOMER

by Clare Hastings (Pimpernel Press, £12.99)
In her 1990 book Gardening Letters
to my Daughter, the writer Anne
Scott-James imparted some green-
fingered advice to her daughter
Clare Hastings. Nearly 30 years
later, in this new book, Clare shares
her own thoughts on gardening with her daughter
Calypso. Focusing on her ‘higgledy-piggledy
cottage garden’ in Berkshire, Clare covers vari-
ous topics, from pruning and weeding to her
favourite scented flowers. It is an amusing read
– she admits to getting ‘too emotionally involved
with severed branches’ – but there is also plenty
PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTÉ: of practical advice. Comical illustrations by
THE BOOK OF FLOWERS Clare’s stepfather, the late cartoonist Osbert
Lancaster, add to the book’s charm.
by H Walter Lack (Taschen, £50)
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Rita Notes
RITA KONIG explains the beauty of keeping
sculleries and pantries separate from the kitchen
PHOTOGRAPH CRAIG FORDHAM
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trange as it might sound, there is something moment. This will no doubt be used practically during big week-
very luxurious about pantries and sculleries. ends by staff, but in its everyday life I imagine it much more as a
Obviously, they are especially luxurious if there man’s playroom (no gender stereotyping here!). It is where drinks
is someone other than yourself using them, are mixed, the wine kept, decanters stored and ice machines
but these back-of-house rooms bring order that housed – it is such fun having a room dedicated to this stuff.
makes life more comfortable, and ultimately New Orleans native Suzanne Rheinstein, an interior designer
luxury is about comfort. (suzannerheinstein.com), has one of the most covetable butler’s
The scullery and pantry are appearing more pantries at her house in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. It is a long
and more on architects’ plans, and they are very room lined on either side with china cupboards and a counter
valuable, especially when the kitchen doubles as a dining room made up of a chic piece of marble with a pair of lamps on it, an
and living space. I am currently working on a farmhouse where ample drinks tray in between and refrigerated drawers under-
this is the case, so all the washing-up is done in an adjacent scul- neath. What is lovely is how she has combined the lamps and
lery, relieving the kitchen of this heavy lifting and allowing it to tray, which are more ‘front of house’, with the utility of the rest
remain attractive and calm. An added bonus is that it will have of the room. And just to finish it all off, it has a fabulous door
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down walls to make a large, open-plan kitchen, con-
sider keeping a small room separate for a scullery. It These back-of-house rooms bring
really is lovely to have a place to retreat to, and being
able to see into an adjoining but separate room from order that makes life comfortable,
the main kitchen can give a much greater sense of
space than another five foot tagged onto the end.
and luxury is about comfort
As for the design of the scullery, a wooden sink and
draining board might be old-fashioned, but they are
very practical – as wood is softer than stone, it
is more forgiving when you are washing up china
and glass. Add a couple of holes to a shelf by the
sink to drain decanters, and consider built-in plate
racks to display china, as in the ‘Longford’ pantry
by Humphrey Munson (humphreymunson.co.uk).
This design also has the clever option of rails on
the front of the counter to run a small ladder along
to get to high shelves and cupboards. Think of using
sliding doors rather than hinged ones – they take
up less room. If you are planning on having china
cupboards, consider lining the shelves with baize to
reduce breakages and think about the depths of the
cupboards. You do not really want the upper ones
deeper than a dinner plate, but make sure the lower
ones are big enough to hold a large serving dish.
Order is not the only thing that these rooms
bring – they can be fun, too. The butler’s pantry has
been gathering pace in the States for a while. I am
sure they have been made fashionable by Steven
Gambrel (srgambrel.com), whose chic take on the
room leaves one swooning – you just know you will
have a good time there. While these rooms used to
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in oak with wonderfully dark and glossy paint
colours, and are like a bar that doubles as a place Rita at the
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She says ‘My approach is and architect about her approach to colour and
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seamless backdrop she has chosen for her own house in west London
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B
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TERRACE (both pictures) Julia is standing on the lower-
level terrace at her house in west London, which acts
Adjaye Associates and Koch + Partner, in New York, London,
as an extension of the open-plan sitting and dining area
Munich and Hanoi. In 2005, she set up her own studio, and
on the lower-ground floor. The distinctive Moroccan has worked on private houses as well as bars and hotels. Julia
tiles are ‘Zellige’ in emerald from Habibi Interiors. The takes a holistic approach to design. ‘I look at the exterior and interior before
fabric and cushions on the built-in outdoor sofa on figuring out how every detail will work together,’ she says. Julia debuted her
the level above were sourced from Morocco. Another own furniture range in 2016 at the London Design Festival, and it includes
bold fabric, Livio de Simone’s yellow ‘Tria’ cotton from tables fashioned from large, salvaged slabs of wood and elegant sofas hand-
Miles de Lange, was used for the tablecloth. Inside, made by artisans in Germany. She has also designed a furniture collection for
the dining area features a ‘Parrot’ oak table from Julia’s CB2, an offshoot of the US homeware giant Crate & Barrel. The pieces can be
furniture range, with a selection of vintage chairs shipped to the UK and will be available in July. juliavonwerz.com 컄
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ADDRE SS
B OOK
VINTAGE FURNITURE
Schlicht is a wonderful shop in
Munich. I also like Lots Road
Auctions. Vinterior’s online
marketplace has less expensive
pieces. schlicht-designmoebel.
com | lotsroad.com | vinterior.co
RUGS
Soufiane Zarib sells the best
Berber rugs. He is based in
the medina of Marrakech and
has no website, so I order from
pictures he sends me when
I need something unique.
Instagram: @soufiane.zarib
TILES
Habibi Interiors’ handmade
tiles have amazing jewel
colours. I have used them
everywhere in my house.
habibi-interiors.com
IRONMONGERY
Chloe Alberry’s handles can
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PROJECT FIRST FLOOR SITTING ROOM
into something special.
Julia lives in a four-storey terrace house in west London with her husband chloealberry.com
(top left) Julia designed the
and two young children. Her aim was to open up the living spaces, while
‘Edgewood’ sofa in here, as well
providing lots of hidden storage. The open-plan sitting and dining area
as the ‘Napier’ lacquered
on the lower-ground floor extends via sliding doors to an outdoor terrace
wood coffee table. The table’s
beyond. The look is streamlined, with splashes of colour and artworks by wooden base is coated in
Franz Hochmayr and Christoph Stepan. Julia has also created a lush bronze. KITCHEN (top right)
tropical garden. ‘Nothing beats lying on the outdoor sofa and looking up The units are painted in
at palm trees in the middle of London,’ she says. Her colour palette was Farrow & Ball’s ‘Calke Green’.
inspired by the green marble fire surrounds in the sitting room – she has SITTING AND DINING AREA
used similar shades throughout the house, including two paint colours (bottom left and right) Sahco’s
from Farrow & Ball: ‘Calke Green’ for the kitchen units and ‘Card Room ‘Avalon’ velvet covers a second FABRIC AND WALLPAPER
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on the terrace are from Habibi Interiors. ‘The colour scheme has brought ‘Millbrook II’ walnut table is are perfect for smaller
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Melissa at Sketch in
Bloom, part of the annual
Mayfair Flower Show
Floral code
Inspired by the country garden of her childhood home, MELISSA
RICHARDSON left the world of fashion to start JamJar Flowers,
which creates characterful displays for clients all over London

LIFESTYLE | JAMJAR FLOWERS
elissa Richardson
M
intends to write a
book one day, but
until she does, those
who know her are the
lucky audience for
her stories. She has a
THIS PAGE CLOCKWISE FROM witty turn of phrase
TOP LEFT Melissa at JamJar’s and is an excellent raconteuse, but when
studio in Peacock Yard, south describing Long House in Sussex, her child-
London. Director Amy Ireland hood home, she becomes almost poetic. ‘I was
in the studio. Freelance florist raised in a beautiful place and my father was
and regular ‘Jammer’ Flora a wonderful gardener. Flowers crowded out of
Wallace (on left) with head beds and onto paths. Clematis, honeysuckle
florist Talena Rolfe. Pressed and roses climbed up and tumbled over soft,
flowers ready for a JamJar Edit
rosy brick walls to reappear on the other side.
workshop (also bottom left)
And beyond the walls were deep woods, where
as children we would pick wildflowers to bring
back and put in jam jars on the kitchen table.’
Naturally, the teenage Melissa could not wait
to get away from this bucolic idyll. But for many
years, Long House remained a retreat where
she could recharge her batteries from her busy
London life. ‘It was eventually sold and then
radically altered by its new owners, so it could
only exist in my mind and memory. Jam jars
full of flowers became the inspiration for my
business, JamJar Flowers, which I started in
2009, after 27 years of running a model agency.’
Melissa married Charlie Alexander, an inde-
pendent specialist tour guide, in 1986 and they
have three grown-up children: Finn, Scarlett
and Melissa’s stepson Joe. The family lives in
a double-fronted Victorian villa in Brixton. ‘We
found it when we were driving around one hot
summer day in 1990 with a little boy and a
tetchy baby. I shouted to Charlie, “Stop, that’s
the house I want,” and he said, “Well, you can’t
have it because it isn’t for sale.”’ Miraculously,
several weeks later a For Sale sign appeared 컄

Melissa and Amy outside the
shop front, with bottles and jars
lined up in the windows
and they bought the house. ‘It seems to expand

to fit in three children, two cats and a nanny,
and then magically shrinks back down when
there are just the two of us.’
The villa, which is called Chaucer House, is
furnished with finds from Ardingly and other
country antique fairs. The atmosphere is
relaxed and an open-plan layout is perfect for
the seamless overlap of Melissa’s social and
working life. No doubt the garden owes its
inspiration to Long House, being fragrant and
romantic while offering, for a compact London
garden, a surprising number of quiet nooks.
Joe is now 36 and is a writer and filmmaker;
Finn, 29, left his career in finance to partner
Melissa in the running of JamJar Flowers; and
Scarlett, 27, runs the Piccalilli Caff on Surrey
Docks Farm, a charity farm in south London,
and is a drummer in a band called Khartoum.
‘My father was a visionary,’ remembers Melissa.
‘He encouraged my sister, my brother and me
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT
to start our own businesses, and now his grand-
A JamJar Edit test-tube-holder
children have done the same. I started Take 2 arrangement of garden flowers.
Model Management with two friends in 1982 Melissa and Finn at JamJar
and we traded successfully until 2009, when with flowers in a wooden cigar
I found the industry was changing in a way I no press. Flora preparing deliveries;
longer enjoyed. I just had this yen to arrange the nineteenth-century
f lowers for people who like what I like: simple, pictures on the wall were
beautiful and seasonal f lowers.’ given to Melissa by her father
Melissa’s original intention was to work only
one day a week, but within two years JamJar
had become a full-time job, as a go-to florist’s
for London’s top restaurants and fashionable
events. It had outgrown Melissa’s kitchen table,
so a Dickensian shop and studio was found in
Peacock Yard in south London, where her
clever idea of scaffolding across the inside of
the windows provides shelving for bottles and
jars, which look iridescent when lit by natural
light from the outside.
Amy Ireland is Melissa and Finn’s fellow
director at JamJar. The team also includes
production assistant Ella Bandtock and head
florist Talena Rolfe, as well as a f luctuating 컄

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ately as ‘Jammers’. Courses in floristry and
flower pressing take place in the upstairs
studio. Pressed flowers are a theme for JamJar,
which has taken on the challenge of producing
bespoke wallpaper and is now contemplating
fabric. Melissa and Amy recently started
JamJar Edit, which sources, commissions or
makes plant-related products.
Melissa sources her flowers largely from
nearby New Covent Garden Market and meets
her prospective wedding and event clients at the
studio, but much of her week is spent zooming
around London between her various projects.
One client is the chef Skye Gyngell, whose
restaurant Spring is housed within Somerset
House’s west wing. The classically proportioned
room is majestic in scale, but the decoration
ANTICLOCKWISE FROM is sleek and modern. Jane Scotter and Harry
TOP LEFT Melissa walking Astley of Fern Verrow, a biodynamic farm
through Somerset House to in Herefordshire, provide all the f lowers for
Spring restaurant (bottom Spring. ‘They produce blooms totally unlike
left), for which she provides the uniform ones that grow in polytunnels.
the flowers. Stopping at Theirs have personality and action, which is
Chelsea Physic Garden on what I like,’ says Melissa.
her way home after work. At Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone, there is
Gardener Tilly Dallas working
a garden created by the US-based designer
on maintaining the garden
Miranda Brooks. ‘Miranda asked me to help
at Chiltern Firehouse
with maintenance, which is not what we nor-
mally do,’ says Melissa. ‘But I asked my friend
Annabel Dallas, a brilliant amateur gardener, to
advise. We didn’t want the garden to look cor-
porate.’ Today, Tilly Dallas, Annabel’s daughter
and a professional gardener herself, works with
JamJar to keep the garden looking beautiful. 컄

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and design projects. One of these is the annual
Mayfair Flower Show, for which Sylvain Chevelu,
the restaurant’s artistic director, invites florists
to pitch an idea and then chooses five of the
schemes to be created. Last year, Melissa was
one of the chosen five. Having characteristi-
cally read up on the subject, the JamJar team
recreated a seventeenth-century May Fair
based on the annual markets that took place in
early summer, when Mayfair was ‘a stinking
suburb where people buried their noses in
pomanders and danced around a Maypole’.
For the Daylesford shop and cafés last
summer, Melissa was commissioned to create a
FROM TOP The garden at
‘hanging meadow’ of dried flowers: ‘The skill to Melissa’s house in Brixton,
this is in the timing, as flowers dry at different furnished with tables, chairs
rates. I always test and experiment.’ Melissa’s and a daybed from various
shop window display at Brora on Symons Street antique markets. Lunch from
won a silver medal last year in the Chelsea in Piccalilli Caff, owned by
Bloom flower show. It featured a huge jungle Melissa’s daughter Scarlett,
Jeep, in keeping with the ‘Floral Safari’ theme. laid out in the kitchen. The
She is now working on the shop’s entry this May. front of the Victorian villa. A
At the end of the day, it is a respite for Melissa view from the hall to the music
to pop into Chelsea Physic Garden for a wander, room, with art by Sarah Stitt,
before she heads back across the Thames and Claudia Legge and Jess Illsley
home. ‘The Physic Garden is a secret oasis of
calm. It is a wonderful little “lung” in the middle
of London. I believe in the healing powers of
beauty as well as its soothing qualities’ 첸
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Oona Bannon
RUSSELL ON O ONA
I
‘
felt as if, in branding, we had spent
too much time working with large
and Russell Pinch companies who saw their customers

as consumers without any human
element. We wanted to go back to
D I R E C T O R S AT P I N C H | pinchdesign.com basics and be the ones who initiated
the creativity, rather than respond-
ing to someone else’s brief. I think
one of the secrets of success for running the
business together is that we knew each other
O ONA ON RUSSELL as colleagues first. And although it sounds
‘W
hen we got together, Russell was my boss at a branding cheesy, we both have enormous respect for
agency that he had set up. After we got married, he said he each other’s skills. Oona is influential in the
wanted to go back to his first love: designing furniture. I design of our products. The only thing she
thought, “Sounds great, let’s do it. Let’s design a company doesn’t do is draw them, which is a bit more my
that works for our lives.” I continued doing the day job as métier. And it’s not all plain sailing. She chal-
a branding director, and then I’d come home and help Russell. Because we’d lenges me: “It needs to be 2mm smaller, it’s not
already worked together, I wasn’t worried about how we’d get along. I respected right.” The result is always a better product. Of
the way he worked and it felt natural. In our case, it’s made life easier. course, there’s very little diplomacy compared
‘When it comes to designing a new piece, we’ll discuss what we want. Say to speaking to another colleague, but with
it’s a table. We’ll do lots of research, dig out references from art or fashion, that comes a shorthand in the creative process.
and discuss shape and material. That’s my bit done for a while and Russell goes ‘We often say that if we had to work as hard
off to think and draw. And then comes this spiral of despair – it’s like a cathartic as we both do, but in separate companies, we
panic that he has to go through. “Why are we doing this table? Does the world would have split up. But I understand why she
need another table?” Meanwhile, I do a lot of nodding and passing of tissues. might need to stay up and work late, and she
He has to divest himself of the panic and I know that sense will prevail. I have understands when I get into a panic over a
so much respect for him – I don’t know where his ideas come from. So I leave blank page. Although we do have to divide and
that magic to him, and then I’m involved again with finessing the piece. conquer sometimes, Oona and I are rarely two
‘I’d say Russell knocks off my harder edges, and I think I make him less feet apart during the day. She sits right behind
worried about things. We carry the can together. You’d think that 14 years in me and we finish each other’s sentences. I’m
we would have a better work-life balance, but we’re entrepreneurs and that sure if a management consultant ever came in,
means not clocking off at 6pm. Of course, this comes with a personal cost, they’d say we’re mad and that this was not an
but I’m doing it with him. We’re managing to do it with the kids. They’re the efficient way of working. But then, I don’t think
people I want to be with, so it’s win-win for me.’ we’d ever hire a management consultant.’ 컄

Oona and Russell in
their showroom in
Bourne Street, SW1
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Paolo
Moschino
and Philip
Vergeylen
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PAO L O O N P H I L I P
‘I
t would be nice to be able to switch off,
to finish on Friday, leave the office and
not think about work until Monday.
But sometimes it’s impossible. The
reason we do this job is because we like
it, so often Philip and I will be talking about
clients and the business at home. When he
took his time off from his last job, he would
come to visit the office. I thought he just
wanted to waste a few hours, but he was really
interested. In a way, he was always into design.
His mother has a beautiful house and he Paolo and Philip at their
has such a good eye. So for him it was quite shop in Holbein Place, SW1
natural to go from spending a few hours a day
with us to spending 10 hours a day. And now
I’m not an interior designer any more, instead
taking care of the shops, accounts and HR,
and I don’t miss it at all. The majority of our P H I L I P O N PAO L O
‘
I
clients are overseas and that means a lot of walked into Paolo’s shop about 20 years ago and saw a bronze lamp
travel – I’m a home person. I liked, but it was very expensive. I came back three times before
‘A friend asked me once, “Don’t you find it deciding to buy it, but then it was too heavy for me to take home.
impossible, seeing him all day and night?” Paolo offered to deliver it, and I took one look at him and thought,
But although we work together, we are so “All right.” He asked me to dinner and that was it. I was working
concentrated on what we’re doing it feels like for American Express as global head of marketing. Then, about
we don’t see each other the whole day. When nine years ago, they asked me to move to New York. I declined,
I started my career with Nicky Haslam, it was then resigned after 12 months and took some time off, but within
from a classic design point of view. But Philip a few months I was bored. Then Paolo’s office had a job in Paris and nobody
is adventurous, comes up with great ideas and could speak French. I said, “I can! I’ll do it!”
gets so excited. I suppose I’m the one to tone ‘Paolo loves his shops, and his heart has always been in product and trade
him down. I like not being front-line on the – which I am clueless about. I’d be bankrupt in the morning if I had a shop.
projects, but I’m very much behind the line. It became obvious he would focus on that and I would grow the interior-
It’s beginning to get difficult to take time off design side of the business. We now have a team of 16. We work separately – if
together. We feel one of us needs to be here. there are too many cooks in the kitchen, it tends to go wrong. But when I’m
But it’s important to get away for inspiration stuck, I’ll chat with Paolo, and when he launches fabrics, he asks me what
otherwise you repeat yourself and become I think. My tastes are a bit more out there than his. I find it hard to switch
boring. We go to Tangier every July for a few off and sometimes I’ll start talking about a project over dinner, whereas he
weeks, but sometimes that doesn’t feel like an prefers a clear division between work and home. He’s much more reserved –
escape – everyone there is an interior designer.’ he’s the Sphinx! But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have opinions.’

Molly
and Rollo
Mahon
F O U N D E R S O F M O L LY M A H O N
mollymahon.com
R O L L O O N M O L LY
‘W
hen I met Molly, I had just
thrown in the towel as a
professional yachtsman
after spending 10 years as
a nomad, racing around
the world. It was time to get out. I decided to
retrain in sports therapy and started up my
own business. Molly and I left London for the
Sussex countryside about seven years ago.
When she set up the Molly Mahon business,
I was commuting into London for work and
coming home at 10.30pm. I’d then sit at the
kitchen table with her, cutting up fabric for
her orders until one in the morning, and get
up again at 5.30am to go to work.
‘Molly was diagnosed with cancer two years Molly and Rollo at their
ago, so we made the decision that I would step East Sussex studio
in to help run things while she went through
treatment. It’s a funny thing: I had been
working in the wellbeing industry and I see
that as a big part of what Molly Mahon is. It’s
colourful and joyful; it makes people feel M O L LY O N R O L L O
‘
R
good. Our roles are very defined now: I run ollo and I had always talked about working together,
the paperwork, because that was where Molly but we hadn’t figured out what it would be. I suppose
was getting bogged down, and this allows her you could say that the cancer decided it. The business
the freedom to design. Sometimes, I have to was beginning to flourish and we had just signed the
step in to say, “Molly, you have to slow down contract on our studio, and suddenly we wondered if
with the ideas. We have to do this first and we should cancel it and rein the business in. But Rollo
then launch this, and then we can do that.” had already been helping me and knew the ins and
‘I am the one man in a team with three outs of Molly Mahon, so while I went through treat-
women, which I think is a good thing. And ment, he took the bull by the horns. The plan was that he would keep the
although I do give my opinion on designs, I am business going, but in fact he improved it and grew it. I couldn’t have done all
quite careful. I always remember my father this myself, and having Rollo with me makes me feel like anything is possible.
saying to me as a young man, “When you get ‘We’re not working side by side every day, though. It allows me to get out
married, don’t get involved in choosing the and about, meet people and design on my own, while knowing everything is
curtains.” Molly wears her heart on her sleeve under control. Rollo and I are really good friends and having him involved
and I’ve loved watching her grow in confidence. creates this wholesome, family life/work balance that I think is rare. Of
We’re both terribly humbled when anybody course, taking time off together can be difficult. There are only four of us in
buys our products, but of course it means more the business, so if Rollo and I are away, it’s a problem. One summer we came
to her. I’m a sensible man and I haven’t thought back from a holiday early because we received a big order. And there’s no
twice about the decision to forgo my career to off-duty. It’s impossible not to talk about work outside the studio, but we
join Molly Mahon. And I'm very lucky.’ don’t want to not talk about it. We enjoy Molly Mahon. It’s a lifestyle choice’ 첸

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ack in 2006,
HOTELS when Hotels
BY by Design was
launched by
DESIGN this maga-
CONTENTS zine, we were testing
the concept of a sup-
plement dedicated to
hotels as modern-day
showcases for interior
design. Little did we
know quite what a
global phenomenon
109 TAKE TEN hotel design would
A round-up of 10 news stories in each of four categories become or, for that
matter, how inspiring
119 TREND REPORT: NEW DIRECTIONS hotels could be. Who
Juliet Kinsman examines a generation of hotels that is looking beyond beautiful design would have thought
that remote outposts
127 DESIGN IDEAS such as the mountains

of Rwanda, the wilder-
Elizabeth Metcalfe presents 21 beautiful bathrooms, plus four moodboards to inspire ness of Chile, the frozen
wastelands of northern
134 IF WALLS COULD TALK Europe – to name but a
Bethan Hyatt explores the impact of wonderful, whimsical wallpapers in hotels few – could possibly
boast hotels where
137 WOW design is so central to
Boundary-pushing architecture from around the world, compiled by Kate Crockett their ethos? In this edi-
tion, we visit Sri Lanka,
Australia and Den-
145 ENGLISH ACCENT mark, where three new
Gabby Deeming visits Beaverbrook, Surrey, to see Susie Atkinson’s romantic interiors hotels have made bold
and beautiful state-
153 INSIDE TRACK: PORTUGAL ments. We flit through
Mary Lussiana recommends places to stay, eat and shop in Lisbon and the Alentejo region Portugal and linger
near London. We look
157 COMPETITION at bathrooms and wall-
papers, and reveal four
Win an exclusive four-night stay on the Greek island of Mykonos, worth £3,000
hotels that make us go
wow! Armchair travel is
158 BACK TO THE FUTURE 122 all well and good, but
Wild Coast Tented Lodge in Sri Lanka is pioneering never as wonderful as
a new take on the safari. By Charlotte Sinclair the real thing; hopefully
with this edition of
166 TAKING THE STAGE Hotels by Design, we will
COVER IMAGE: SHARYN CAIRNS. PHOTOGRAPH: ANDERS SCHØNNEMANN
In the heart of Copenhagen’s cultural district is the inspire you to pack your
bags and see the world.
theatrical new Hotel Sanders. By Emily Tobin
172 ALCHEMY IN ACTION

Jackalope is bringing a dose of the avant-garde to
PAMELA GOODMAN,
Australia’s Mornington Peninsula. By Kendall Hill
TRAVEL EDITOR
180 WHO GOES WHERE

Pamela Goodman asks design insiders
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PAMELA GOODMAN GIVES A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF NEWS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD, FOCUSING ON 10 HOTELS IN EACH OF FOUR CATEGORIES
- WILDERNESS -
New for the 2017/2018 winter season to Swedish Lapland was Arctic Retreat (above) – two traditional
log cabins remastered with a contemporary twist to include panoramic windows and outdoor hot tubs,
tucked away in a deep forest. Coming nearby for the 2018/2019 season is Arctic Bath, an extraordinarily
ambitious wellness retreat built on floating (summer) or frozen (winter) platforms in the Lule River.
Round-up
Ruaha National Park is Tanzania’s best-kept secret, home to a proliferation of game yet
barely explored. Thus the arrival of Jabali Ridge (left), an eight-suite camp in a landscape
of boulders and baobab trees, is good news for safari-goers. In Iceland, gorgeous Deplar
Farm opens a middle-of-nowhere, two-man retreat, Ghost Farm, accessible in winter only
by snowmobile and in summer by foot, bike or horse. On the other side of the world Skye
Niseko, in Japan’s Hokkaido National Park, promises sleek, uber-chic design for winter
skiers. To hotter climes where Shinta Mani Wild in Cambodia will be truly pioneering in
spirit – its creator, Bill Bensley, pushing every design and adventure button possible. Guests
will access the private sanctuary (comprising 16 custom-designed tents) via zip line. A little
more conventional will be One&Only Gorilla’s Nest in Rwanda, a base for that once-in-a-
lifetime gorilla experience (not forgetting One&Only Nyungwe House, also opening in
Rwanda, for chimpanzee trekking). In Botswana, Wilderness Safaris brings us a completely
rebuilt Mombo Camp on the northern tip of Chief ’s Island in the Moremi Game Reserve,
and in Namibia comes Shipwreck Lodge on the impossibly remote Skeleton Coast. And
finally, Six Senses Shaharut is planned in the barren wilds of Israel’s Negev desert.

HOTELS BY DESIGN
Round-up
As the first major hotel project on
Grand Anse Beach in Grenada
for 25 years, Silversands departs
from typical Caribbean style (ie
brightly patterned fabrics and
wicker furniture), embracing a
minimalist, modern style. It also
boasts a 100-metre pool (above)
– the longest in the Caribbean.
Adventurers and keen divers
should head to the Andaman
Islands, off India, where the Taj
Exotica Spa & Resort opens 75
villas on the beach at Havelock
Island. Also in the Andaman Sea
is the Malaysian island of Lang-
kawi, where long-time favourite
The Datai reopens in July after
a 10-month refurbishment. Keen
surfers should head to Bali where
Koichiro Ikebuchi and Paola
Navone have been at the design
helm of the newly opened Como
Uma Canggu, on one of the best
surfing breaks on the island’s
south coast. In the Maldives,
Kudadoo Private Island prom-
ises pure escapism – guests,
should they choose, can rent the
7.4-acre island in its entirety. Off
African shores of the Indian
Ocean comes Zuri Zanzibar on
the eponymous island, where the
beach bungalows will reflect a
modern interpretation of Afri-
can style. Just north of Zanzibar
- BEACH - on Pemba Island, Constance
To coincide with the new direct British Airways route between Hotels & Resorts has taken over
the management of 30-villa,
London and the Seychelles, Four Seasons opens its second property beachside Aiyana. In Europe,
in the archipelago, this time on the smaller island outpost of Desroches all-suite Seven Pines Resort
(above), a 35-minute flight from Mahé. There’s a huge range of has the perfect sunset position
accommodation options from which to choose – all coming with on a west-facing clifftop of Ibiza
– it opens in May – while, in
private pools, beach access and vintage-style interiors – including a Paphos, Cypriot grande dame
handful of three- to five-bedroom residences designed for families and The Annabelle emerges from a
larger parties. And there’s an anti-gravity yoga pavilion – well, why not? two-year transformation.

HOTELS BY DESIGN
- RURAL -
Bhutan, which has been hailed as one of 2018’s travel hotspots, welcomes the first three of five
Six Senses lodges later this year. Pictured above is the lodge at Punakha, part of a circuit that
additionally takes in Paro, Thimphu, Gangtey and Bumthang, allowing guests to travel
from one lodge to the next through the majestic scenery of this remote Himalayan Kingdom.
Round-up
First came Awasi Atacama in Chile, then Awasi Patagonia and now comes Awasi Iguazú (left)
on the Argentinian side of the Iguazú Falls, where 14 villas on stilts are hidden in the rain-
forest. Rosewood’s new 23-room hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos, will have interiors – including
spectacular tented villas – by Bill Bensley, who echoes the tented theme in Bali, where the
22-tent camp Capella opens in Ubud. This year sees the expansion of Teardrop Hotels in
Sri Lanka, with Nine Skies in Ella, Goatfell in Nuwara Eliya and Pekoe House in Kandy. On
European shores, Euphoria Retreat in Greece is a holistic destination spa opening in the
Peloponnese, with 45 rooms and suites overlooking the Byzantine town of Mystras. For the
ultimate romantic journey, Belmond’s Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express launches three new
Grand Suites, with private bathrooms and double beds – a first for the legendary train. In
the Loire Valley, few châteaux rival Chambord, in the grounds of which comes the refashioned
LUCIANO BACCHI
Relais de Chambord. On the theme of stately pedigree, The Langley in Buckinghamshire

will occupy the former country estate of the third Duke of Marlborough when it opens in the
summer. And, ever-popular The Pig group will open The Pig at Bridge Place in Kent.

HOTELS BY DESIGN
Round-up
On Holborn’s Southampton
Row, L’oscar, a new 39-room
hotel in the former headquar-
ters of the Baptist Church, has
been masterminded by French
design maestro Jacques Garcia.
Heading north to Finland, check
out the art collection at the
recently launched Hotel St
George in a historic Helsinki
building, parts of which were
designed by renowned architect
Onni Tarjanne, best known for
creating the Finnish National
Theatre. Munich icon Hotel
Bayerischer Hof, privately
owned by the same family for
more than a century, has a newly
refurbished six-storey wing
(including a spectacular pent-
house) with characteristically
pared-back, elegant interiors
curated by the celebrated Bel-
gian designer Axel Vervoordt.
Young designer brand The Hox-
ton, already in London, Paris
and Amsterdam, makes its
debut across the pond, first in
Williamsburg, New York, and
then in Portland, Oregon. Fur-
ther south in California, the
Beverly Hills Hotel unveils
the redesign – by Alexandra
Champalimaud – of three of its
legendary bungalows. In Hong
Kong, renowned architects
Foster + Partners have adapted
an iconic Sixties building into
the new, 336-room Murray
Hotel, where designer André Fu
will deliver the interiors of Guo
Fu Lou, a striking, contemp-
orary Cantonese restaurant.
André’s biggest hotel project for
the year, however, is Bangkok’s
new Waldorf Astoria, opening
in the summer. Fully closed
since December, the much-loved
- URBAN - Raffles in Singapore reopens
Perhaps the most interesting hotel design story to come out of the UK in 2018 after a mammoth
restoration programme. Die-
this year is the launch of the University Arms in Cambridge, hard fans will be pleased to
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The Bloomsbury in London) has fashioned the interiors. There will be unchanged. In Shanghai, The
Middle House is the latest of
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A room in Hotel des
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the decoration of which
underlines its Revolution-
era architectural heritage
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EBEN HOUSE, US THE PILGRM, LONDON THE HOXTON, PARIS THE BOWER, AUSTRALIA ARTIST RESIDENCE, UK MAMA SHELTER, PARIS
Focusing on artwork A coffee-shop Social spaces with A mini-museum of pieces Revealing the hidden A people-first approach,
with depth, meaning lobby sets the laid-back, the feeling of a from the best local features of its diverse championing guests and
and thought accessible tone walk-in members’ club homeware companies listed buildings staff over decoration

(CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE) Bikes outside the main reception of The Bower in Byron Bay. The entrance to one of the Bower Suites. A bedroom in the Bower Cottage,
the largest of the accommodation options; a calm palette of whites and greys, linen textiles and a mix of locally sourced vintage and modern details decorate the cottage
here is an art to designing hotels charismatic enough
T to coax discerning travellers into bed. It does not

involve bragging about fancy facilities or whispering
sweet nothings about eye-wateringly pricey fixtures
and fittings. The most seductive hotels have dropped
the attitude, loosened their collars and gone back to basics.
They are collaborating with their most creative local friends and
inviting everyone back to the bar.
When an address unplugs you from everyday life and tunes you
into a new place and its community in a thought-provoking way, it
gets interesting. Having spent two decades reviewing luxury hotels,
I have loved watching inspiring interiors taken to new heights, but
it is getting harder to distinguish between what is meaningful and
what is ‘premium mediocre’ – those establishments where every-
thing seems great on the surface, but there is no real story or soul.
Built in 1776, and now reborn as an idiosyncratic 14-room inn,
Eben House brings a new spirit to historic Provincetown in
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Owners Kevin O’Shea and David
Bowd were frustrated about visiting aesthetes being deprived of
a true sense of place. ‘When we travelled, staying in hotels would
feel like work,’ says Kevin. ‘We preferred B&Bs for the personal
connection you have with the innkeeper. But we missed the amen-
ities, design and comfort of hotels.’ They opened this, their second
hotel of four, in 2015. Their weapon in battling the banal has been
purposeful artwork, such as Michael Gredler’s witty Primitive
Portraits of the eighteenth-century captain owner and his family.
‘Art shouldn’t be a wall-filler: each piece should have depth and
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HOTELS BY DESIGN
(ALL PICTURES) The Hoxton, Paris, is characterised by its inclusive social spaces, furnished with comfortable velvet-covered seating, and its open-plan, informal dining
areas, which blur into bars and coffee shops. Clockwise from top left are Jacques’ Bar; the bar in the Rivié restaurant and brasserie (also bottom right) and the lobby
HOTELS BY DESIGN
(ABOVE) Decorative details pay tribute to the eighteenth-century architecture at Hotel des Grands Boulevards, Paris, such as curved mirrors reflecting archways in walls.
(BELOW) A coffee-shop lobby replaces a typical reception area at The Pilgrm in Paddington, setting the tone for the laid-back, well-priced hotel
of hotel. Taliah and Sein Lowry specialise in boutique Australian

escapes, and for their latest project, The Bower in Byron Bay,
they have drafted local designers, stylists, builders, tradesmen
and landscapers into the design process, from concept to creation.
The resulting beach motel, with a variety of accommodation
options, including suites, a barn sleeping two and a cottage
sleeping 10, is a mini-museum of their nearest and dearest home-
ware purveyors: Cultiver’s soft flax bed linens; Tigmi Trading’s
kilims; The Dharma Door’s artisan-woven baskets; Phendei’s
hand-crafted Cambodian ceramics; Bemboka’s combed-cotton
throws; and nutrient-rich natural skincare from Hunter Lab.
Visionary hoteliers often hail from unexpected quarters.
Artist Residence’s bohemian abodes were born from student
Justin Salisbury enlisting up-and-coming artists to revitalise
his mother’s Brighton B&B. Since then, he and his wife Charlie
have created and curated properties in Cornwall, London and
Oxfordshire, with another opening in Bristol in November. There
is no cutting and pasting of their fun-loving formula – the spirit
of each is site-specific. ‘Our buildings are all historic and listed,
so usually it’s a case of removing decoration and revealing
hidden features.’ In Oxfordshire, a thatched farmhouse was
the inspiration for more rustic interiors. A hallmark is always
a vibrant restaurant and bar beloved by locals. ‘A big attraction
for people staying is being part of that buzz, with a super-
comfortable bedroom to retreat to,’ says Justin.
Having first created bars in Paris and London, the Experimen-
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(LEFT) The Barn Suite at Artist Residence Oxfordshire is representative of the hotel’s rustic interiors, with an original pitched ceiling, wooden
floorboards, and a log burner. (RIGHT) Artworks chosen by Kevin O’Shea decorate the walls of the conservatory at Eben House, Cape Cod
Its newest is the 50-room Hotel des Grands Boulevards in Paris,

where designer Dorothée Meilichzon underlines the Revolution-
‘We encourage a diverse
era architectural heritage by using elements popular during
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette’s age: coral marble, baldaquin
crowd because that’s what life
stone, arched mirrors, Versailles-style wooden floors and limed
walls. Co-founder Olivier Bon feels this hotel embodies the spirit
should be: diverse. We are
of the new generation of traveller. ‘As with all our other hotels, focused on selling happiness’
restaurants and bars, design is of huge importance, but we do our
best to create the entire atmosphere, down to what the staff wear.’ recent launch of The Hoxton, Paris, 174 locals were invited to pick
Busy baristas replace a typical reception area at The Pilgrm in books to fill the bookshelves in a bedroom. These ‘Hox Friends’
Paddington, a painstakingly restored yet pared-back Victorian were the first to stay in the hotel, and this will be the modus oper-
property. The coffee-shop lobby sets the tone for this laid-back andi when outposts in Portland, Williamsburg and Downtown
new kid on a less-than-obvious west London block. ‘With The Los Angeles open later this year. Public from Ian Schrager has
Pilgrm, we wanted it to be about quality – materials, food, people, the same aim in Chicago and New York’s Lower East Side – its
relationships. It wasn’t about the five-star or four-star price name denoting an approach to hospitality in which residents and
point, it was about making it accessible and interesting,’ says co- neighbours are invited to hang out in the stylish communal spaces.
founder Jason Catifeoglou, an ex-director at Zetter Townhouse. Mama Shelter, by Club Med’s creator Serge Trigano and his
Ignoring extras that drive up costs – minibars, room service – sons, stirred things up when the first Philippe Starck-designed
meant they could provide considered, well-priced bedrooms. hotel opened amid north-east Paris’s housing projects. Now
Free-flowing for today’s free spirits, hotel design is also all about owned by Accor Hotels, the streetwise brand has spread from
the inclusive social spaces: slouchy sofas and armchairs; and open- Bordeaux to Belgrade and soon Prague. Sidestepping expensive
plan informal dining rooms that blur into bars serving flat whites artwork and designer furniture, it invests in things CEO Jérémie
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it was one of the first hotels to cultivate a feeling of a walk-in mem- hotels fail,’ he says. ‘By focusing on decoration, they forget the
bers’ club, where anyone can sit down and connect to the Wi-Fi. most important element of a hotel: the people. It’s the guests and
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DESIGN
IDEAS
WITH DEEP BATHTUBS AND BREATHTAKING VIEWS, HOTEL
BATHROOMS EMBODY ESCAPISM, BUT ALSO PROVIDE PLENTY
OF INSPIRATION, AS ELIZABETH METCALFE DISCOVERS HOUSEANDGARDEN.CO.UK MAY 2018 127
BLACK
AND WHITE
FRESH TAKES ON
CLASSIC MONOCHROME,
INCORPORATING METALLIC
TOUCHES, TILES AND
FREE-STANDING FURNITURE
[1] THE THATCH HOUSE

– SOUTH AFRICA
With its large chandelier, rugs,
glass-fronted cabinet and artwork,
1 2 this example by La Grange
Interiors shows how beautiful a
3 4 bathroom can be when it is given
the same decorative treatment
as other rooms. A chair is always
a welcome addition, providing
a spot for clothes or towels. The
built-in bath is encased by a
generous marble surround, which
provides ample space for a book or
glass of wine. thethatchhouse.com
lagrangeinteriors.co.za
[2] THE LUDLOW – NEW YORK

Smart and fun in equal measure,
this bathroom shows the power
of a simple black, white and
brass palette. It is a classic
American look, with art deco
details – note the mosaic flooring
– and simple white square metro
tiles for the walls. The wall tiles
have been bordered with black
grout and the thin black tiles
just over half way up the wall
continue the monochrome theme.
ENJOY THE VIEW The Hollywood-style mirror

is a fun touch. ludlowhotel.com
LUCAS ALLEN; MICHAEL SINCLAIR; NGOC MINH NGO; ERIC PIASECKI; ELSA YOUNG; ANNIE SCHLECTER; PAUL MASSEY
TAKE IN DRAMATIC VISTAS THROUGH FLOOR-TO-CEILING WINDOWS
– OR IN THE OPEN AIR – FROM THE COMFORT OF THE BATH [3] THE HOXTON – PARIS
Caged wall lights, copper taps
[1] AMAN TOKYO – JAPAN and a geometric-patterned
This rectangular bath mirrors Tokyo’s cityscape. Like the walls and floor, it is made tiled floor give this bathroom
a contemporary, industrial feel.
from dark grey basalt. Mandarin Stone’s ‘Mimica Basaltina Dark Porcelain’ tiles,
The style is continued with a large
£34.80 a square metre, would create a similar effect. aman.com | mandarinstone.com
single-panel shower screen that
is bordered with black metal.
[2] THE ZETTER TOWNHOUSE MARYLEBONE – LONDON
Reeded frosted glass protects the
A claw-footed copper bath is a luxurious addition to this secluded terrace, which modesty of the person in the
is part of the hotel’s Lear’s Loft. The Albion Bath Company’s ‘Imperium’ shower. thehoxton.com/paris
bath, from £2,485, is a similar shape. thezettertownhouse.com | albionbathco.com
[4] ETT HEM – STOCKHOLM
[3] BELLE MONT FARM – ST KITTS A sophisticated brass washstand
Even during the rainy season, bathers can make the most of the outdoor bath in and large oval mirror take centre
this pavilion, with the roof providing much-needed shelter. bellemontfarm.com stage in this pared-back bathroom.
Two opaque glass and brass vertical
[4] VIÑA VIK – CHILE wall lights illuminate the basins
With views across Chilean wine country, this bathroom features a spectacular suspended and mirror and add a contemporary
‘Hammock Bath’ by Splinter Works, from £23,760. vikchile.com | splinterworks.co.uk element to the space. etthem.se

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3 4
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TEXTURE TIME 1 2
SUCCESSFULLY LAYERED
MATERIALS SET THE TONE
[1] TAYLOR RIVER LODGE – US

A carved stone basin and trampwork
mirror add further texture to this
wood-clad bathroom. The built-in
taps look particularly smart –
Catchpole & Rye’s ‘La Fontaine
Noire’ basin mixer in aged brass,
£806.40, is a close match. Lapicida
could create a similar basin.
elevenexperience.com | catchpole
andrye.com | lapicida.com
[2] EL FENN – MARRAKECH

Green may not be an obvious choice
for every surface in a bathroom, but
here it has been used to fabulous
effect. The walls and bath are covered 3 4
with tadelakt, a water- and mould-
resistant Moroccan lime plaster.
Decor Tadelakt could do something
similar, from £140 a square
metre. el-fenn.com | tadelakt.co.uk
[3] SANTA CLARA 1728 – LISBON

Two round limestone basins prevent
the white metro-style tiles in this
bathroom from appearing too stark,
and the round mirrors continue the
circular motif. santaclara1728.com
[4] THE GARDEN HOUSE AT

BEAVERBROOK – SURREY
Glossy green tiles and a roll-top bath
give this bathroom a warm, cosseting
feel. Milagros’ ‘Special Green’
tiles, 75p each, are a close match.
beaverbrook.co.uk | milagros.co.uk
5 6
[5] ARTIST RESIDENCE
– LONDON
This contemporary white bath –
try The Water Monopoly’s ‘Soho
Bath’, £5,280 – forms a pleasing
contrast with the rough brick
and wooden walls behind it. The
wooden partition and raised
platform create a nook for the bath
to sit in. artistresidence.co.uk
thewatermonopoly.com
[6] AWASI PATAGONIA

The neutral palette in this bathroom,
using a combination of wood and
stone tiles from floor to ceiling,
creates a calm space. The wooden
washstand provides plenty of
storage. awasipatagonia.com

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MARBLE RUN
WHIRLING PATTERNS AND
SHADE VARIATIONS CREATE
A UNIQUE, LUXURIOUS LOOK
[1] BEAVERBROOK – SURREY
Pale grey marble lines the walls
surrounding the shower and bath
in this calm room. Clever use has
been made of the otherwise dead
space at the end of the bath, where a
storage compartment has been built
in. The green tiled fireplace and
a pretty arrangement of plates
finish the look. beaverbrook.co.uk
[2] COQUI COQUI

MÉRIDA – MEXICO
With a pair of roll-top baths and
a vast mirror, this bathroom is
a lesson in belle époque-style
1 2 opulence. The velvet curtains and
smaller giltwood mirror add to the
3 4 romantic aesthetic. coquicoqui.com
[3] BALLYFIN – IRELAND

The spectacular bath here is in fact
a repurposed Roman sarcophagus.
To create a similar look, invest in a
marble bath from Hurlingham
– the ‘Simba’, from £8,330, and
‘Tivoli’, from £7,495, are both good
options. A plaster plaque hangs
above, continuing the Roman theme.
ballyfin.com | hurlinghambaths.co.uk
[4] FOUR SEASONS LION

SIMON UPTON; JOANNA VESTEY; DEAN HEARNE; JAMES MCDONALD; PAUL MASSEY; HELEN CATHCART; SIMON BROWN; ANDREW MONTGOMERY
PALACE – RUSSIA
A masterclass in decadence, this
bathroom is clad from floor to
ceiling in a yellow-veined marble.
The bather looks straight up to a
floral mural, which sits beneath
the archway. It is a charming way
to create a view if you have few
windows. fourseasons.com/stpetersburg
PLAY WITH PATTERN 1 2

ADD A NEW DIMENSION WITH FLOOR AND WALL TILES
[1] ARTIST RESIDENCE – BRIGHTON

Black and white tiles add a playful touch. To replicate the furnishings,
choose Bard & Brazier’s ‘Florian’ floor-mounted towel rail, from £978,
and the ‘Astonian Rimini’ roll-top bath, from £1,264, from Aston
Matthews. artistresidence.co.uk | bardbrazier.com | astonmatthews.co.uk
[2] SOHO HOUSE – ISTANBUL

In this small shower room, punchy tiles make a strong statement. Other
elements are kept simple, letting the tiles shine. sohohouseistanbul.com
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BATHROOM PALETTES
FOUR MOODBOARDS TO INSPIRE, INCLUDING CHOICES OF TILES, BATHS, FURNITURE AND FITTINGS
URBAN EARTHY
FLOOR ‘Puzzle’ tiles, by Barber & Osgerby, £203.40 a square WALLS ‘New Terracotta’ tiles, from £170 a square metre, from
metre, from Mutina. mutina.it SHOWER ‘Ocean Disc Round Rain Domus. domustiles.co.uk TOWEL RAIL ‘Natural Bamboo Towel
Shower Head’, £67.20, from C P Hart. cphart.co.uk LIGHT ‘R W Rail’, £75, from Rockett St George. rockettstgeorge.co.uk STOOL
Atlas Wall Mounted Double Arm Sconce’ (burnished nickel), ‘Brocklesby Stool’ (ash), £275, from The White Company. thewhite
£1,022, from Waterworks. uk.waterworks.com TAPS ‘Allure’ basin company.com BATH ‘The Copper Bateau’ (weathered copper and
mixer, £573.56, from Grohe. grohe.co.uk nickel), from £6,000, from Catchpole & Rye. catchpoleandrye.com
COUNTRY MONOCHROME
SHOWER MIXER ‘Classic Bath Shower Mixer with Standpipes’, SHOWER ‘Acton’ shower head, £2,220 (including mixer), from
£1,987.20, from Lefroy Brooks. uk.lefroybrooks.com BATH Bert & May. bertandmay.com WALLS AND FLOOR ‘Arabescato
‘Geminus Roll-top’ (blue), from £2,121, from The Albion Bath Carrara’, £418.80 a square metre, from Lapicida. lapicida.
Company. albionbathco.com WALLS ‘Margherita’, 75p a tile, com SHOWER SCREEN ‘Trellis’, from £2,800, from Majestic
from Milagros. milagros.co.uk CHAIR ‘Cranbourne Chair’, from Shower Company. majesticshowers.com BATH ‘Water Jewels’,
£4,320 excluding fabric, from Jamb. jamb.co.uk £11,240, from VitrA. vitra.co.uk 첸

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TEXT BETHAN HYATT
IF
WALLS
COULD
TALK
THEY WOULD TELL OF VOYAGES
TO AUSTRALIA, WANDERS
THROUGH WHIMSICAL
WOODLAND AND STORMY
ITALIAN SKIES – AS THESE
4 5
IMPACTFUL HOTEL ROOMS SHOW
BESPOKE
From bathrooms in bedrooms to decadent bars,
hotels provide ample opportunity for fanciful bespoke
wallcoverings. For the Loft Suite at Charlotte Street
Hotel, London (1), designer Kit Kemp and painter
Melissa White devised a tall tree-filled scene.
firmdalehotels.com | melissawhite.co.uk. Also in
London, a bespoke Fromental wallpaper in The
Goring (2) is inspired by Hyde Park. thegoring.com
fromental.co.uk. An exotic scene, custom-made by de
Gournay, adorns the basement walls at The Ned in the
City (10), depicting Captain Cook’s eighteenth-
century voyage to Australia and New Zealand. thened.
com | degournay.com. And pretty flora and fauna by
Iksel is apt for the conservatory dining space at Hotel
& Spa Urso, Madrid (15). hotelurso.com | iksel.com
CLASSIC
Other hotels look to enduring classics, such as de
Gournay’s ‘Earlham’ in Finca Cortesin, southern Spain
(3) and Morris & Co’s ‘Seaweed’ at the rejuvenated
Kettner’s Townhouse in London (4). fincacortesin.com
degournay.com | kettnerstownhouse.com | stylelibrary.
com. ‘Verdure’ by Zoffany, at The Bloomsbury Hotel,
London (6), is based on a seventeenth-century linen
9 10 cloth, while the wallpapers at the Mandarin Oriental,
Milan (9) and The Bower House in Warwickshire (14),
by Cole & Son and CommonRoom respectively, are
based on twentieth-century artworks by Piero
Fornasetti and C F A Voysey. doylecollection.com | style
library.com | mandarinoriental.com | cole-and-son.com
bower.house | commonroom.co. The last word in heritage
design goes to the historic company Braquenié, whose
‘Marquis de Seignelay’ decorates this room at Relais
Christine, Paris (11). relais-christine.com | pierrefrey.com
SIMON BROWN; JANOS GRAPOW/HOTEL PHOTOGRAPHY; BENOIT LINERO; JACK
HARDY; GEORGE APOSTOLIDIS; DIDIER DELMAS; JAKE EASTHAM; OWEN GALE
MODERN
Irreverent designs by young companies enliven walls
from Paris to the Cotswolds. Pictured are the oriental
rug-inspired ‘Mey Meh’ by House of Hackney, in Hotel
Providence, Paris (7); the abstract ‘Open Season’ by
Timorous Beasties, at Adare Manor, Ireland (8); and
Molly Mahon’s block-printed ‘Birds & Bees’ in The
Swan at Ascott, Oxfordshire (13). hotelprovidenceparis.
com | houseofhackney.com | adaremanor.com| timorous
beasties.com | swanascott.com | mollymahon.com. Lewis &
Wood’s ‘Alhambra’, at Browns, London (5), is a recent
design by artist Flora Roberts, while Designers Guild’s
‘Floreale’ gives a bathroom at The Rectory, Wiltshire
(12) a modern freshness. roccofortehotels.com| lewisand
wood.co.uk | therectoryhotel.com | designersguild.com 첸
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VICEROY LOS CABOS

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
Wedged in among the nondescript all-inclusives of San José del
Cabo, this striking beachfront resort – originally created as Mar
Adentro by architect Miguel Angel Aragonés and reopening this
spring with 194 rooms, suites and villas under the Viceroy brand –
appears to float on water. There is water, water everywhere. The
stark, white modular buildings – renovated and updated by Al Arqui-
tectura de Interiores of Guadalajara – are set on three sides of a vast
reflecting pool, cleaved by stone walkways that lead through the resort
JOE FLETCHER
to more water, this time the Pacific Ocean, by way of a new beach bar
and pool. From $325 a night, B&B. viceroyhotelsandresorts.com
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BÜRGENSTOCK HOTEL
LAKE LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND
The historic Bürgenstock Funicular is still the way to arrive at the
eponymous resort on a mountain ridge above Lake Lucerne. Four
minutes and 400 metres later, one ascends into the new Bürgenstock
Hotel, built by MKV Design on the site of the 1891 Park Hotel. All
102 rooms have views of the lake, while the Asian-inspired Spices res-
taurant hangs over it from the edge of the building in a glass box. Nor
is Bürgenstock’s new Alpine Spa for the faint-hearted: its L-shape
infinity pool wraps around two sides of the spa building, with water
appearing to flow into the abyss. From CHF650 a night, B&B, includ-
ing boat transfer from Lucerne and funicular ride. buergenstock.ch.en

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LAKIPIA PLATEAU, KENYA
Sleeping out in the African wilderness has reached new heights at
Segera Retreat, where guests can slumber six metres above the plains
of Laikipia in the new Bird Nest. Created by architect Daniel Pouzet
of Nay Palad, its first floor houses a luxurious interior suite, but the
real magic is on the rooftop platform. It is as good for 360-degree
game viewing as it is for sleeping on, with luxury mattresses and hot
water bottles as night falls. wilderness-safaris.com. Carrier (0161-492
1353; carrier.co.uk) offers four nights at Segera Retreat as part of a five-
night package, from £7,280pp, based on two sharing, including return
flights from London Heathrow with British Airways and private transfers*
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TAVARU TOWER
VELAA, MALDIVES
The 22-metre Tavaru Tower on Velaa Private Island is the highest van-
tage point in the Maldives. Designed by Czech architect Petr Kolar, the
five-storey building comprises a cylindrical core enveloped in a white
mesh stretched over a series of hoops; here and there the mesh is cut
with ‘windows’ for views of the Indian Ocean and other islands of the
Noonu Atoll. The cocoon gives the tower a playfulness that belies the
seriousness at its centre: the largest wine and Champagne collection in
the Maldives. velaaprivateisland.com. Scott Dunn (020-8682 5050;
scottdunn.com) offers seven nights at Velaa from £6,700pp, B&B, based
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Holland America Line’s magnificent ships. With art at its centre, played on with the innovative Koningsdam. Proffering an ‘architec-
the ships’ multi-million pound collections – ranging from exquisite ture of music’ theme, it houses 1,920 artworks by artists of over
antiques to incredible contemporary pieces – are among the 21 nationalities including the US, Europe and South Korea.
largest at sea. Perfect for globe-trotting learners, Holland America Ready to embark in December 2018 however, is the Nieuw
Line operates 15 mid-size ships which are more akin to five-star Statendam; a crescendo of collaboration between top hospitality
hotels, offering excellent fine dining, world-class entertainment designer Adam D Tihany and seasoned architect Bjørn Storbraaten.
and immersive culture. The ship features light-filled public spaces and opulent interiors
If museums are your pleasure, then Westerdam is your VIP inspired by the curves of instruments. Built to reflect the ongoing
ticket. Partnered with the renowned Rijksmuseum, reproduc- evolution of the Holland America Line experience, it is a celebration
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D E S I G N P R O F I L E : B E AV E R B R O O K
ENGLISH
ACCENT
SUSIE ATKINSON HAS TURNED HER EXPERIENCED
HAND TO THE INTERIORS OF BEAVERBROOK, SURREY,
IMBUING THE ROOMS WITH A ROMANCE AND
STYLE THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS GLAMOROUS HISTORY
TEXT GABBY DEEMING | PORTRAIT JOSHUA MONAGHAN
PHOTOGRAPHS SIMON BROWN
Susie in the Parrot Bar, where a

gilded birdcage from Lorfords Antiques
greets guests as they enter.
The chair she is sitting on is covered
in ‘Jungle’ by Bennison Fabrics

The decorative tone for the Parrot Bar was set by the existing marble fireplace, overmantle mirror and parrot painting above that. Rupert
Bevan built the fluted brass bar and Soane made the ‘Argo’ stools, while ferns and fringed lampshades add to the vintage, glamorous look
uch like actors, it can be all celebrity, and their presence continues to be felt
M too easy for decorators to feel

typecast after a defining role.
Imagine being Susie Atkinson
then. She is responsible for
many jewels in the much-imitated interiors of
the Soho House group and, as such, has estab-
lished a design blueprint that raised the bar
throughout the hotel, not just because each room
is named after a one-time starry guest of the
house. For irrefutable evidence of Churchill’s
attendance, for example, his secretary’s chair
sits beside the bath in his now smart, dark blue
bathroom. Though there is no doubt that a stay in
the Churchill suite will induce less work and
for private clubs and hotels all over the world. more play these days.
What a relief it must have been then to be able Susie’s brief was to design something essen-
to take on a project that demanded a style tially British and romantic. ‘I knew it had to be
quite different: current but not trendy, comfort- gentle, floral and quirky with a touch of mad-
able and completely individual. ness,’ she says, sitting in front of the giant gilded
The hotel itself, a late-nineteenth-century bird cage that greets guests as they enter the
mansion set in the Surrey Hills, is named after its Twenties-inspired Parrot Bar. The cage was one
best-known former resident Lord Beaverbrook of Susie’s ‘lucky finds’. ‘It looks wonderful in the
– publicist, political powerhouse and close friend evening filled with candles,’ she enthuses. These
of Winston Churchill. Lord Beaverbrook’s wild discoveries, from antique fairs and vintage shops,
parties drew the cream of Thirties to Sixties are tucked around the hotel, giving a little nudge

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The block-printed floral fabric on the sofa is ‘Pulbrook Bouquet’ by Hazelton House; it provided the starting point for the
pretty scheme in the morning room. The large silk dhurrie from Vanderhurd was a special commission for the hotel
to the otherwise immaculate decoration. The art more beautiful with age – and Soane made the
of the unexpected is a trademark of Susie’s style. elegant ‘Argo’ bar stools with their barley-twist
The bar posed the biggest challenge in terms of brass legs. ‘I love having a bar in the heart of the
decoration, as the mandatory preservation of a building,’ says Susie. ‘In a hotel, the bar is like the
purple marble fireplace, overmantle mirror and kitchen in a home: it’s the hub.’
large parrot painting set a strident tone. ‘Since it Next door is the light-filled dining room. The
wasn’t going anywhere, I just had to embrace the impressive plasterwork ceiling and intricate
bird,’ declares Susie. The discovery of two large cornice had to be preserved, so Susie balanced
oil paintings after Melchior and the aforemen- their grandness by introducing gentle colours
tioned cage at Lorfords Antiques sealed the deal and soft florals. The linen-lined walls are in a
and the Parrot Bar began to take shape. ‘I wanted small-scale print from Veere Grenney and a
it to feel like a really exciting cocktail bar – it’s smart floral in olive green and white from Paolo
wonderful in the evening, the colours and lights Moschino for Nicholas Haslam is on the chairs.
mingle to create a really glamorous atmosphere.’ Susie is a self-confessed floral print addict, and
There is a slight Victoriana vibe, with giant ferns while Beaverbrook is quite a showcase for some of
and elegant slipper chairs upholstered in a the most beautiful examples of this very English
Bennison Fabrics jungle print and a petrol blue motif, it never feels chintzy. The morning room’s
moiré silk. Rupert Bevan built the spectacular scheme began with a beautiful block-printed
fluted brass bar – left unlacquered to become floral by Hazelton House used on a big sofa, and

(THIS PAGE) To balance the grand ceiling and cornice in the dining room, Susie lined the walls in ‘Temple’ linen from Veere Grenney and covered the chairs in ‘Aurora’
from Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam. (OPPOSITE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) The bathroom in the Winston Churchill room. The dining room. A cane chair sits
underneath framed prints by Louise Bourgeois in the Dowager bathroom. The Maughan turret room. Yellow curtains in the Churchill room. The quintessentially English
Dowager bedroom. The bathroom in the Elizabeth Taylor room. The exterior of the hotel. The main hall; the staircase to the rooms is to the right of this picture (centre)
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS: JOSHUA MONAGHAN (OPPOSITE TOP RIGHT); ANGUS TAYLOR (OPPOSITE BOTTOM LEFT)
the rest just ‘fell into place’, creating a pretty studwork, the fringing on the curtains. It’s bland
room of gentle colour and texture, anchored by without the detail,’ Susie says. The Dowager
a vast silk dhurrie from Vanderhurd, a special bathroom induces all the glamour of the Twen-
commission that took months to weave. ties with its elegant bath set in front of sweeping
An eight-month delay during the three years fringed gauzy linen curtains and a view beyond to
of planning gave Susie the rare opportunity to the Surrey Hills. A brilliant painted cane chair
commission a lot of pieces for the hotel. ‘For me, under framed (photocopied) prints by Louise
the whole process should be about creating Bourgeois is a quirky flourish.
unique designs for spaces, not ordering from a Dressing up is encouraged at Beaverbrook and
catalogue. We love finding craftspeople to make a sense of occasion was important to Susie. ‘So
special things,’ she says. These pieces make up much informality has been introduced to hotels,
the majority of furniture in the hotel, 95 per cent you can go anywhere in jeans and that’s great, but
of which were made in Britain. sometimes you just want to make an effort.’
Bedrooms range from the grand and quintes- Through Susie’s skilful eyes, the scene has been
sentially English Elizabeth Taylor and Dowager set for many an unforgettable stay – Lord Beaver-
suites, with their pretty four-poster beds and brook himself would surely have approved 첸
country-house scale, to the stylish but fun turret
rooms, such as the Maughan. ‘I really hope that Rooms in the main house cost from £225 a night,
people notice all the details: the piping, the room only. 01372-571300; beaverbrook.co.uk

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RECREATE THE ECLECTIC STYLE OF BEAVERBROOK WITH BRASS
PIECES, FLORA AND FAUNA PRINTS AND QUIRKY SHAPES
‘ETE MOSCOVITE’ (rose), by Nathalie Metal and bamboo ‘PETAL CHAIR’, Teak ‘BEDSIDE TABLE WITH
Farman-Farma, linen voile, £272 a metre, 34.5 x 34 x 29cm, £1,187, from THREE DRAWERS’, 74 x 49 x 38cm,
from Décors Barbares. decorsbarbares.com Chelsea Textiles. chelseatextiles.com £733, from Chelsea Textiles
‘GATEAU’ suspended light (nickel), Brass ‘NUREYEV TROLLEY’ (antique Brass ‘ARGO BAR STOOL’,
66 x 46 x 41cm, £2,196, from brass), 90.5 x 101 x 60.5cm, 106 x 56 x 47cm, £7,500
Charles Edwards. charlesedwards.com £5,300, from Soane. soane.co.uk excluding fabric, from Soane
DOMINIC BLACKMORE; BERTRAND CORBARA; ANDREW SMART/A C COOPER
‘LIMERENCE ORIEL’ cotton velvet lampshade

(ink), 60cm diameter, £415, from House
‘BLEACHED OAK BOOKCASE’, Brass ‘CLOUD TABLES’, by Kam Tin, 35 x 66 of Hackney. ‘TWISTED GLASS COLUMN’
212 x 201 x 36cm, £3,250, from x 50cm (largest size), from €7,400 each, lamp, 52cm high, £1,008, from Vaughan.
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THAT COMBINE ENGLISH SENSIBILITIES WITH A CONTEMPORARY EDGE
S
ituated in the heart of one
of London’s most desirable
addresses, the luxurious,
five-star hotel The Berkeley
is moments from Knights-
bridge’s stylish fashion strip and food
scene. Since it opened its doors, The
Berkeley has employed some of the
most exciting names in the design
world to envision its interiors, from the
public spaces to the individually
designed suites.
The latest to add his mark is
renowned architect André Fu. Having
worked on the design of the Opus Suite
in 2014, the hotel has once again called
upon his studio to create the Crescent
Pavilion and the Grand Pavilion.
The former offers guests the expe-
rience of a private residence by emulat-
ing a contemporary penthouse, while
the latter is a two-bedroom urban
retreat complete with an open-fire pit
and extensive outdoor seating area
with views over London’s iconic
skyline. Andre’s designs combine tradi-
tional English sensibilities with
modern elements and culminate in the
piece de resistance: a glass pavilion
that encases the majority of each
suite, allowing for seamless integra-
tion between the indoors and out. This
theme is seen throughout with the
palette of pale racing green, mineral
grey and Champagne gold, and the use
of materials such as rock glass on the
the hexagonal chandelier and the
island bar decked in precious quartzite
aqua marble .
With views over London and a
terrace brimming with English foliage,
the pavilion suites offer guests a sense
of serenity and escape in the heart of
the capital. the-berkeley.co.uk 첸
(FROM TOP) The sitting area

and outdoor terrace of the
Grand Pavilion Suite
Inspired by stone
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IN
PORTUGAL MARY LUSSIANA EXPLORES TWO AREAS OF PORTUGAL

AT ITS PEAK, RECOMMENDING PLACES TO STAY,
EAT AND SHOP IN LISBON AND THE ALENTEJO REGION
PHOTOGRAPHS DEAN HEARNE
The special light that those who know Portugal hold so dear is shining even brighter right now, as the burst
of creativity born out of the deep recession earlier this century continues. It brings a new level of
sophistication in the hotel and restaurant world and a celebration of home-grown, artisanal talent in the
shops. Design has never been at its current dizzy heights before, nor has Portugal ever looked quite as good.

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- STAY -
LISBON THE ALENTEJO
Bucking the trend for globalisation, Lisbon remains resolutely Running from one side of Portugal to the other, the vast Alentejo
Portuguese, with its trams and tiled façades. But interwoven is a region of full-bodied red wines, olive trees and medieval
with these charms is a new breed of Portuguese hotel that offers whitewashed villages. In coastal Comporta, the landscape is all
immersion in the soul of the city from an as-yet-unseen level green rice fields and endless beaches, while the region’s interior,
of authentic luxury. At Santa Clara 1728, six rooms are housed towards Spain, is about dolmens and oak groves, rural simplicity
in a skilful blend of eighteenth-century walls and twenty-first- and unexpected artisanal talent. Now though, just as in Lisbon, a
century design, which stands atop one of Lisbon’s seven hills. new level of luxury has arrived. What started as 14 simple rooms
The work of architect Manuel Aires Mateus, this is the fourth almost hidden under umbrella pine trees among the sand dunes
property he has designed for owner João Rodrigues, after their has blossomed into Sublime Comporta, a go-to destination for
initial Casa na Areia in Comporta was chosen to represent Portugal’s cognoscenti and foreign celebrities alike. The addition
Portugal at the Venice Biennale in 2010. This is their first urban of 10 two-bedroom villas with private pools provides the ultimate
project. Furniture comes from Carl Hansen or Aires Mateus. escape. Undoubtedly the country’s best heritage project, São
Lighting is by Davide Groppi and beds are from B&B Italia. But Lourenco do Barrocal is a nineteenth-century farm brilliantly
best of all are the huge stone bathtubs in which you can soak at converted by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura.
night while watching the moon dapple the dome of the National Whitewashed stables and outbuildings have perfectly preserved
Pantheon. Ornamental original stucco work and early twentieth- exteriors, but step inside and an authentically rural luxury pre-
century blue and white tiles decorate the two royal suites in vails – right down to the embroidered cloth bag in which the
the eighteenth-century Palacio Verride, which has been pains- hairdryer hangs, courtesy of designer Ana Anahory. The tiny
takingly restored. The 16 other rooms are clad in silk wallpapers six-roomed Casa Azimute captures the essence of the Alentejo,
from de Gournay or raw linens. A 360-degree view of the capital despite its contemporary structure and varnished cement floors.
can be experienced from the rooftop, a little less from the Locally woven rugs and hand-painted tiles differ in each bedroom,
lovely pool beneath. The hotel’s detail-driven, personalised ser- while huge windows frame the adjoining whitewashed farmhouse,
vice promises to be the best in the capital. and in the distance, beyond the pool, the walled city of Estremoz.
(PREVIOUS PAGE) Top row from left: The white buildings and tiled roofs of Lisbon. Fish restaurant Páteo in new multi-restaurant
opening Bairro do Avillez. One of the capital’s trams. Bottom row from left: The beach location of Sal restaurant near Comporta.
A room at Sublime Comporta and the hotel’s wooded surroundings (far right). (THIS PAGE) The pool at São Lourenco do Barrocal
hotel. (OPPOSITE MAIN BLOCK OF PICTURES) Top two rows: Santa Clara 1728 hotel in Lisbon is furnished with modern pieces
by designers such as Carl Hansen, with stone bathtubs overlooking the National Pantheon. Third row: Ten new villas, including private
pools, have been added at Sublime Comporta. Bottom row: São Lourenco do Barrocal occupies a converted nineteenth-century farm
- EAT -
LISBON
For an aesthetically pleasing morning, dip into Dear Break-
fast for a Portuguese bica and pastéis de nata custard tart.
JNcQUOI brings a new concept to the capital with a culinary
treasure trove under one roof, including an oyster bar, deli,
and the first outlet of Ladurée in the country. The restaurant
itself, designed by Lázaro Rosa-Violán, is crowned by a large
dinosaur skeleton. Another multi-restaurant opening is
Bairro do Avillez, which houses Taberna (try the pork-skin
popcorn), where ceramic fried eggs and chillies, by Caulino
Ceramics, are suspended from the ceiling. Beyond this is the
fish restaurant Páteo, the recently opened Beco Cabaret
Gourmet and, above, Cantina Peruana by chef Diego
Muñoz. For a gourmet extravaganza, Alma in the Chiado
neighbourhood is the hottest table in town, where chef Hen-
rique Sá Pessoa lays the culinary soul of Portugal on a plate.
THE ALENTEJO
Sal, near Comporta, on a blindingly white beach, is inevit-
ably all about fish; inland, the decorative restaurant at São
Lourenco do Barrocal refashions heavy Alentejan dishes
into something surprisingly elegant, drawing on the hotel’s
own produce from veal to vegetables, and accompanying
them with the estate’s own wines.
(ABOVE) Clockwise from top left: Cantina Peruana and Páteo

in Bairro do Avillez, Lisbon. Dishes at São Lourenco do Barrocal
(also bottom left) draw on produce grown in the hotel’s grounds

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(LEFT OF PAGE) Clockwise from top left: Caulino Ceramics in Lisbon, which sells handmade pieces by a range
of artisans. Cortiço & Netos sells packs of mismatched, retro tiles. Homewares at Paris em Lisboa. Sheep
wool rugs and blankets made in the mountains north of Lisbon are sold at the Burel Factory in Chiado.
(RIGHT OF PAGE) Grocery shop Mercearia Gomes sells everything from regional foods to traditional wicker baskets
- SHOP -
LISBON THE ALENTEJO
There is an embarrassment of riches for the shopper in Portugal, Handsome, traditionally striped Alentejano floor rugs, still made
such as the luscious watermelon plates from Bordallo Pinheiro. entirely by hand loom, are best found at Mizette in Monsaraz. In
For tiles, old and new, hand-painted or factory-made, try Cortiço Comporta, Mercearia Gomes is a family grocery like no other,
& Netos, who make up mismatched, retro packs. Innovative offering everything from regional foodie specialities to wicker
hand-crafted ceramics by Catia Pessoa and young artisans can be baskets for picnics, while at nearby Lavanda, espadrilles, pottery
found at Caulino Ceramics, and a more general line of homewares and boho-chic clothing are eclectically piled under a simple
at A Vida Portuguesa Intendente. Rugs, another traditional craft thatched roof. But all of Alentejo brims with small artisanal shops
that has undergone a twenty-first-century redesign, can be found and ateliers. Every town has its craft, from rugs woven since the
in the Burel Factory in Chiado. Its 100 per cent sheep wool rugs twelfth century in Arraiolos to the candied plums of Elvas and in
and blankets come from the mountains in the north. For fine linens between the towns, olive groves yield an intense fruity oil and
and cottons, try Paris em Lisboa, behind a beautiful art nouveau vines deliver famously full-bodied reds 첸
façade. The recently opened Claus Porto shop is a must for its
soaps, now accompanied by a new scent launched with Lyn Harris.

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TEXT CHARLOTTE SINCLAIR | PHOTOGRAPHS PAUL MASSEY
BACK TO
THE
FUTURE IN A UNIQUE LOCATION THAT BRIDGES
BEACH AND FOREST, THE STRIKING
PODS OF WILD COAST TENTED LODGE
IN SRI LANKA PROVIDE A BASE FOR
A PIONEERING TAKE ON THE SAFARI

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(OPPOSITE)
The teak-shingled dining
room and bar area are seen (THIS PAGE)
in the distance. Their The roof of the dining
shapes reflect the smooth room was constructed
lozenges of rock that are from a web of bamboo
scattered over the and steel. The chandelier
landscape around the lodge repurposes bamboo offcuts
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The interiors continue the organic-industrial-

colonial explorer theme. The official
aesthetic is ‘Jules Verne meets Steampunk’
(OPPOSITE)
One of the 28 PVC-tented
(THIS PAGE) cocoon rooms, which has
The dining room was an angled glass wall
built by a team of at one end as well as its
retrained local fishermen own swimming pool

(THIS PAGE) (OPPOSITE LEFT) (OPPOSITE RIGHT)
The wraparound infinity An urchin tent with a pale The beach aspect of
pool adjoins the dining PVC skin stretched over the resort gives guests
room, which has a steel exoskeleton, a unique safari
been furnished in earthy with porthole windows experience, enabling
tones to reflect boat voyages out to sea
the surrounding terrain to watch blue whales
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t the south-eastern corner of Sri with Netherlands-based architects Nomadic
A Lanka, spreading inland from a

coastline where waves crash upon
the sand with a ferocity rarely
seen in the Indian Ocean, green
hills rise from jungled interiors at
such regular intervals that the horizon resembles
a cardiograph. Each hillock is stacked with smooth
lozenges of rock, upon which ancient stupas
decay and leopards climb to survey the panorama.
Resorts, Malik conceived the idea of 28 tented
‘cocoons’ positioned around water holes or facing
the beach. Each cocoon comprises a pale PVC
skin stretched over steel exoskeletons with angled
glass walls at each end, which give the structures
a uniquely futuristic appearance. The resulting
whole – set with porthole windows – resembles
part butterfly chrysalis, part Zeppelin, part UFO.
The interiors continue the organic-industrial-
Much of this land is dedicated to Yala National colonial explorer theme, with copper piping
Park – hence the leopards, numbering 200 at last washstands and bathtubs from Jaipur contrasting
count – and it is within the park’s adjacent buffer with teak floorboards, Turkish rugs and leather
zone that Sri Lankan hotelier Malik Fernando campaign chairs. Particularly beautiful is the
has sited his latest opening, Wild Coast Tented effect of the internal canvas shell, which is laced
Lodge, under his Resplendent Ceylon label. together over the structure’s steel braces, creating
The property, five-and-a-half hours’ drive or a elegant lines that arch high above the four-poster
30-minute seaplane flight from Colombo, occu- beds. The official aesthetic, as described by Malik
pies a thickly wooded acreage of jungle, fronted and Dutch interior designers Bo Reudler Studio
by high, wind-sculpted dunes and wave-bashed is ‘Jules Verne meets Steampunk’. And there are
inlets. It is the beach, a rarely encountered facet eight ‘urchin’ tents, too, designed with families in
of safari, that lends this spot its unique aspect: mind, which are tapered and teardrop-shape,
guests can voyage by boat to nearby deep water their metal-framed pods overstretched with PVC
channels where blue whales can be seen. and similarly spacecraft-like in appearance.
If this is safari with a twist, then the largest sur- For all the fun of the design, there is sophistic-
prise comes by way of the lodge’s rooms. Working ation at work here, too, and an abiding attempt to

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merge with and respond to the lodge’s setting. This with Tarmac roads and trucks packed with school-
idea is articulated not only in the reliance on solar children. There are holidaying locals, backpackers
power, greywater recycling and locally sourced and tourists, and multiple vehicles per sighting,
*INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, TRANSFERS, AND A CINNAMON AIR SCHEDULED AIR TAXI FLIGHT FROM COLOMBO TO HAMBANTOTA
food, but also in the bones of the architecture but the guides are experts in timing guests’ visits
itself. The dining room, with its bar, library and to avoid the crowds and offering unique privileges
wraparound infinity pool, is like a vaulted cath- such as afternoon tea on a bend in the river.
edral created from a web of bamboo and steel and Then there are the lodge’s further enticements:
topped by teak shingles, the silhouette evoking the blue whales, the important Hindu pilgrimage
the soft planes of the area’s rock formations. It is site of the temple of Kataragama, not to mention
a feat of construction and engineering performed the lazy pleasures of an afternoon spent by the
by a team of local fishermen, retrained in carpen- pool. Malik recently secured permission to create
try after an overseas contractor dropped out. a conservancy in the buffer zone, to allow for
A clay nook houses the library, and the same private wildlife encounters by foot or bicycle. Not
hand-smoothed clay has been used to carve that the animals are aware of any limits to their
dining booths, seating areas and a bridge that movement. Elephants regularly enter the camp
connects the bar and the restaurant over the to investigate the kitchen block, or to seek out the
pool. Copper lights, ochre cushions, and wine- lodge’s watering holes. And leopard pawprints
coloured leather chairs echo the sun-scorched are often found in the sand – proof not only of
palette of the surrounding terrain. these predators’ presence but also, perhaps, of
Safari here is accessed by liveried vehicle in a their approval of this new arrival on their patch 첸
matter of minutes. Oven-hot afternoons are spent
cruising the lakes and forest tracks of the park in Charlotte Sinclair stayed as a guest of Wild Coast
the company of expert guides, spotting crocodiles Tented Lodge (resplendentceylon.com). Scott Dunn
and elephants and the main draw, leopards. It is (020-8682 5060; scottdunn.com) offers seven
important to note, however, that this is not safari nights in Sri Lanka from £2,900pp, including
as practised in Africa. Yala is a bustling, busy park, two nights at Wild Coast Tented Lodge, B&B*

(OPPOSITE LEFT) (OPPOSITE RIGHT) (THIS PAGE)
The copper bath was Copper piping has been The beds have also been
sourced from Jaipur, fashioned into washstands made from piping. The
with teak floorboards for an industrial feel internal canvas shell has
setting a warm been laced together
tone for the interior over the steel structure
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TAKING
THE
STAGE
IN THE HEART OF COPENHAGEN’S CULTURAL
DISTRICT, EX-BALLET DANCER ALEXANDER
KØLPIN HAS DRAWN ON HIS THEATRICAL
BACKGROUND TO CREATE A RICH AND
STYLISH NARRATIVE FOR HIS NEW HOTEL
TEXT EMILY TOBIN | PHOTOGRAPHS ANDERS SCHØNNEMANN
(OPPOSITE)
Sanders Kitchen,
the restaurant
(THIS PAGE)
Hotel owner
Alexander Kølpin

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(OPPOSITE) (THIS PAGE TOP ROW) (THIS PAGE BOTTOM LEFT) (THIS PAGE BOTTOM RIGHT)
A bedroom with a tactile Sixties pieces, including an The stained timber and A velvet-covered armchair
wicker headboard, a lamp Italian glass and brass coffee Italian marble kitchen in and footstool in the suite’s
from Marshall Phillips table and a smoked glass the same suite was designed bathroom was another
and art curated by chandelier, dress the sitting by Lind + Almond, with of Lind + Almond’s designs
Dais Contemporary area in one of the suites. a table and chairs
The sofa is by Alter London from Klassik Copenhagen
and the table lamps are
from The Lamp Factory

(THIS PAGE)
The reception area is
furnished with velvet
chairs, with leather-bound
books lining the shelves
(OPPOSITE)
A waitress in a uniform
by Older Paris
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otel Sanders is
GET
H
achingly chic;
THE founded by the

celebrated ex-
LOOK ballet dancer

Alexander Kølpin,
and located in
the hear t of
Copenhagen’s cultural district, it couldn’t
really be anything but. The leap from
dancer to hotelier is not quite as far-fetched
as it sounds. Alexander is the son of a fash-
ion designer and an architect, his family
'CRILLON CHAIR' already owns two hotels on the northern
80.7 x 69.7 x 78.7cm, coast of Denmark and he joined the busi-
from £4,700, from
Soane. soane.co.uk
ness in 2008. ‘I’m a storyteller,’ he says.
‘It is the fabric I am made from. I have spent my life focusing on narrative and a hotel is no different to a
performance. The guest is the audience and the hotel is the stage.’
Once upon a time, Hotel Sanders was Hotel Opera – three neoclassical town houses dating from 1869
frequented by a starry roster of actors, singers and artists, but latterly somewhat down at heel. However,
what it lacked in mod cons, it more than made up for in location – not only does Alexander live in the neigh-
bourhood, but his old place of work, the Royal Danish Theatre, is just around the corner, as is contemporary
art gallery Kunsthal Charlottenborg, the Amalienborg Palace and Nyhavn – the famous confection of kalei-
doscopic coloured houses. Alexander bought the place in 2016 and work began straight away.
'ALEXANDER' (ORO) London design studio Lind + Almond was brought on board to oversee the interiors. Pernille Lind and
wool/cotton, Richy Almond, the founders, who had previously worked with Soho House, Tom Dixon and Terence Conran,
£220.50 a metre,
collaborated closely with Alexander to achieve his vision. ‘It was a dynamic dialogue between the three
from Dedar. dedar.com
of us,’ he explains. ‘I see myself as an art director or a creative producer who needs to work with skilled
designers who can translate my ideas into concrete plans.’ The result is a space that blurs the lines between
a hotel, private club and very glamorous house.
In addition to 54 bedrooms, there is the TATA cocktail bar – a suitably lavish spot for hunkering
down, Sanders Kitchen, which spills into an external courtyard, and a rooftop conservatory kitted out with
elegant bamboo screens and squashy sofas. With nods to Ett Hem in Stockholm and Chiltern Firehouse in
London, the reception area at Sanders is decked out with velvet armchairs, leather-bound books, real fires
and a vast Murano chandelier by Carlo Scarpa.
'JORDAN WALL LIGHT' Much of the furniture is bespoke and the attention to detail is exacting – there are hessian walls on the top
£408, from
Porta Romana.
floor, rattan ceilings on the floor below, and the staff uniforms are designed by Older Paris. Banish thoughts
portaromana.com of sensible black blazers and pencil skirts – the look here is much more theatrical. When I arrive, I am met
by Julie von Sperling, head of guest relations, who is sporting a full-length silk dress, while the waitresses
in the restaurant wear fine-knit jerseys in a shade of rust most likely found on a Farrow & Ball colour card.
Sanders is not of the Scandinavian school of minimalism; the palette here is refined and earthy, with
bedrooms painted in shades of ochre, sage and tobacco. Much of the furniture is bespoke and the artwork,
largely by emerging artists, was curated by Dais Contemporary – an art consultancy based in London.
OWEN GALE; PIXELATE IMAGING
The hotel exudes comfort and glamour without being remotely stuffy or pretentious. Alexander has
played his role as director impeccably, conjuring up a decadent and stylish world while simultaneously
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ALCHEMY
IN
ACTION
TEXT KENDALL HILL | PHOTOGRAPHS SHARYN CAIRNS
The hotel’s 30-metre

infinity pool and deck area

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COMBINING DARKLY DRAMATIC DECORATION AND CULT

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN WITH THE MAGICAL SETTING OF
AUSTRALIA’S MORNINGTON PENINSULA, JACKALOPE IS
BRINGING A DOSE OF THE AVANT-GARDE TO MELBOURNE
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rom the gravel driveway fringed with Chardon-
F nay vines, guests arriving at Jackalope see only

a trim homestead crowned with chimney cowls
shaped like fat hens. Not until they crest a low
rise does this daring new Australian hotel
reveal its dark sides. To the left of the 1876
farmhouse, a gleaming bunker clad in inky zinc and charred
timber dominates the ridgetop. To the right, a glossy black
sculpture looms seven metres above a small piazza, giving
dramatic form to the hotel’s mythical namesake.
Jackalope is the most avant-garde Australian hotel to open
in years, making its debut on the prosperous, rather staid
Mornington Peninsula seem all the more radical. Melbourne’s
answer to The Hamptons, the peninsula is a patchwork of
vineyards and orchards, pasturelands and eucalypt forest
distinguished by some of the continent’s priciest real estate.
Long renowned for its superior wines, some exceptional
dining and around 200 kilometres of beaches, until now
there has been nowhere decent to stay – in part because it is
only an hour’s drive from the city, but also because many
regular visitors already own beach houses here.
It took an outsider to shake up the established order.
Chinese Louis Li (pictured above) arrived in Melbourne nine
years ago to study film and, in April last year, revealed this (OPPOSITE BOTTOM)
Asymmetrical windows
most cinematic of hotels. That nineteenth-century homestead frame views of the
now houses a sleek reception flanked by a 1,500-bottle wine (OPPOSITE TOP) adjoining vineyard
vault and a cocktail bar called Flaggerdoot, apparently A glossy black sculpture from the Geode,
of a jackalope by a spa and bar pavilion
inspired by the psychoactive visuals of David Lynch.
Emily Floyd stands beside the pool. The wall
Neon ceiling tubes run like neurons between rows of lab- in the centre of a piazza design is inspired by the
oratory vessels and Rolf Sachs’ chemistry-set-inspired light, in front of the hotel formation of crystals

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(OPPOSITE) Doot Doot Doot restaurant, where a 10,000-bulb ceiling installation by Jan Flook is suspended above terrazzo tabletops.
(THIS PAGE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) A dish created by chef Guy Stanaway (also bottom right). Rare Hare, the cellar-door bistro. A neon sign at the entrance.
The Flaggerdoot bar. The vineyards to the west of the hotel. Guest rooms signage in the corridor. Doot Doot Doot. Neon ceiling tubes line a dark corridor

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illuminating a gallery of cult industrial design. This spans

gold leather armchairs by Edra’s Fernando and Humberto
Campana to a striking ‘Stag Bench’ by Rick Owens. (The hotel
as art gallery phenomenon is well established in Australia, but
Jackalope’s elite eclecticism feels utterly original.)
Beside the bar lies Doot Doot Doot, the hotel’s signature
restaurant where ex-Aman Resorts chef Guy Stanaway creates
five-course menus that have already earned his dining room
the antipodean equivalent of a Michelin star (known as
a Chef Hat). Seated at gold-flecked terrazzo tabletops
beneath a pulsating, 10,000-bulb ceiling installation by Jan
Flook, from Victoria, and savouring the first mouthful of
Stanaway’s smoked vanilla ice cream with Yarra Valley
salmon roe, is enough to convince any epicure this is an
experience deserving of their full attention.
Beyond, in a dark, duplex corridor lit by neon alchemical
symbols and astrological signs, are the hotel’s 46 rooms and
suites. More understated than public areas, they are imbued
with moody monochrome hues accented with sheer metallic
drapes and bathroom tiling in gold, silver and copper.
Top suites, known as ‘Lairs’, feature nest chairs by Istanbul
design studio Autoban, tables by Moooi and toiletries by Mel-
bourne natural skincare brand Hunter Lab, touted as the new
Aesop. The broad terraces of west-facing smaller ‘Dens’ cap-
ture vineyard views reflected in the 30-metre black infinity
The hotel as art gallery phenomenon is well established in

Australia, but Jackalope’s elite eclecticism feels utterly original
pool, vivid sunsets and, if you are as lucky as I was, a double
rainbow over the vines just after dawn. It is a magical setting.
A word about the wording is probably in order. The jack-
alope is a North American mythical beast – part jackrabbit,
part antelope – that first caught Louis’ eye at a Berlin antique
shop. His spirit animal has been given sculptural form in
Emily Floyd’s monumental figure guarding the hotel
entrance. Doot Doot Doot is the name of the head of the pack.
A flaggerdoot is the collective noun for jackalopes.
Yes, it is an offbeat theme. But so is alchemy, the ambient
design reference that informs every aspect of the hotel – from
the Sachs installation to gilded garden tools in the land-
scaped grounds. ‘You have to take risks,’ Louis says. ‘I always
think the guest doesn’t know what they want until they see it.’
It seems Louis, whose family has hotel interests (Hyatt,
Banyan Tree) in Yunnan Province, might be on the money.
Less than a year after opening, the hotel’s cellar-door bistro
Rare Hare, an agreeably rustic space of brick and timber with
open fires and glass-walled panoramas, has been such a hit
that weekend diners now routinely wait two hours for a table.
On the menu: Negroni-cured trout with horseradish cream;
beef tartare spiked with chipotle; and Willow Creek wine- (OPPOSITE BOTTOM)
maker Geraldine McFaul’s exceptional wines. Likewise, A ‘Lair’ room, one
of the hotel’s top-tier
Saturday nights at the hotel are booked out five months in suites. The rooms
advance, with a minimum two-night stay at weekends 첸 (OPPOSITE TOP) and suites are more
The lounge and understated than
event space, which the public areas,
Kendall Hill travelled as a guest of Jackalope
converts into a private with monochrome
(00-61-3-5931 2500; jackalopehotels.com). dining room, opening colours accented by
Rooms start at AU$650 (£370) a night, B&B onto a tasting terrace sheer metallic drapes

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town house in London’s of art and antiques blends but the Moorish-inspired look good, it also smells
South Kensington, is, with terracotta tiled Salone Bianco bar, with good – the scent of jasmine,
for me, the perfect stylish floors, open fireplaces and a its cosy terrace overlooking mint, lavender and rosemary
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Inspirational INTERIORS, beautiful GARDENS,
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The seating area in this
house in rural Columbia
County, New York, has
a view of its woodland
RICHARD POWERS
surroundings

Distinct
presence
Designer Ben Pentreath has given each room in
this reconfigured Arts and Crafts house its
own personality, combining colour and texture
with interesting pieces from different periods
TEXT ELFREDA POWNALL | PHOTOGRAPHS PAUL MASSEY | LOCATIONS EDITOR GABBY DEEMING
ENTRANCE HALL (both pages) A ‘Sussex’ bench by William Morris

and a linocut by Edward Bawden stand out against the panelling,
which is painted in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Shaded White’. Near the
doors to the drawing room is a Thirties table from Holly Johnson

DRAWING ROOM In this room a ‘Nureyev’ brass bar cart from
Soane contrasts with a nineteenth-century library table from
Max Rollitt, the top of which is covered in a hand-dyed linen by
Polly Lyster. A ‘Wardour’ sofa from The Conran Shop is covered
in Soane’s ‘Old Flax’ in grey, while the pink sofa is Howard
Chairs’ ‘Ivor’. Ben designed the ottoman, which is upholstered
in a fabric by Claremont Furnishing. It sits on a Luke Irwin rug

KITCHEN (both pages) Ben designed the cabinets, which were
made by Symm and painted in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Hague Blue’. In
the dining area, a runner by Roger Oates was turned into a rug.
The bespoke table was made by Christopher Clark Workshops

STUDY (opposite) The orange ottoman in this room was designed
by Ben and covered in a Pierre Frey fabric with a Samuel
& Sons braid. DINING ROOM (this page) The mid-century
pendant light was designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo
‘
W
e call this colour “freshly laid
cowpat”,’ says the designer
Ben Pentreath of the greeny-
brown grasscloth used on the
bedroom walls of this house in
north London. ‘That’s how we
sold it to the owner.’ Ben is particularly fond of this
colour; he used it in his own house, which was featured
in House & Garden in August 2016. She laughs and
admits to being totally sold on Ben, who has helped
her make some brave decisions. The house, built in
1910, in an area of Arts and Crafts houses, was dark
and very tired when she and her husband bought it
four years ago. ‘There were lots of small rooms, but no
obvious main sitting room,’ says her husband.
Chris Pask of Charlton Brown Architects had just
begun the task of turning two ground-floor rooms into
one big drawing room when Ben came on board. ‘The
first thing was restoring the panelling in here to
emphasise its Arts and Crafts sensibility,’ says Ben.
His office drew the design and it was made by Symm,
along with the rest of the joinery. ‘I wanted this room to
feel calm and soothing,’ adds Ben, looking round at the
neutral tones of the paint, fabrics and rush matting.
Ben’s interiors are known for a layered feeling, a mix
of objects of different eras and styles, so his rooms
appear to have been put together over many years. The Up the stairs, a William Morris wallpaper is the
layers in the drawing room include a Sixties-style background for a grid of framed pressed ferns. A spare
brass cocktail trolley, twentieth-century abstract room, which opens directly off the landing, is papered
paintings, vivid Svenskt Tenn cushions, a nineteenth- in Morris & Co’s vivid ‘Fruit’ pattern. ‘I’ve always loved
century mahogany library table, a Chinese bowl and William Morris, but I would never have dared to put
some mochaware mugs arranged, with bashed-but- those wallpapers so close together,’ says the owner.
beautiful brass candlesticks, on the mantelpiece. Things are quieter in the main bedroom, where the
There are many other touches of brass throughout grasscloth walls provide a calm background for a
the house, but the Seventies-inspired dining room, with yellow sofa in the bay window and a beautiful table at
its grasscloth walls, is the brassiest of all. A mirror- the end of the bed. Its shape looks convincingly mid-
brass sideboard, designed for the room by Rupert century, but it was designed in the Pentreath office
Bevan, reflects the maze pattern of the rug, and there and made by Rupert Bevan. Concealed on the under-
are chunky brass candlesticks on the table with a side of the hinged tabletop – with clever springs and
Stilnovo mid-century hanging light overhead. no trailing wires – is a television screen. The adjoining
If the dining room is perfect for entertaining, the dressing room has two walls of cupboards with ikat
kitchen is a scene of architectural piety. In a handsome fabric panels. It leads to a glorious bathroom, papered
new wing, Chris has paid tribute to Edwin Lutyens’ in Morris & Co’s ‘Willow Boughs’, with brass-framed
majestic kitchen at Castle Drogo, Devon, finished in mirrored cabinets and a brass stand for the twin sinks.
1930. Daylight floods in from the central dome and In the attic, the husband’s study has views over the
from curved windows in the arched walls, lighting red-tiled roofs of other houses of the era and reflects
a vast marble-topped island. Beside the metal doors, their colouring in its dark panelled walls. These are
made by Clement, that lead to the kitchen garden, joined by a claret wing chair, a green sofa and an
there is an oak table in the Arts and Crafts style. The orange ottoman. ‘The husband especially wanted a
rush-seated Ernest Gimson-inspired chairs were made dark panelled room. They both have strong tastes and
by the Warwickshire-based craftsman Lawrence Neal. are such good fun,’ says Ben. Both agree working with
The pendulum swings back to the mid century in him has been a joy – for his efficiency, and for a home
the small office space next to the kitchen, with its that is fascinating to look at and easy to live in. It has
Danish rosewood desk and orange Hans J Wegner also introduced them to new things: they now collect,
‘Wishbone’ chair, and continues into an informal among other things, Arts and Crafts furniture,
sitting room nearby, with walls in a graphic print Edward Bawden paintings and Sixties glassware. It is
fabric and a cheery yellow roman blind in Christopher a house with as many layers as a mille-feuille 첸
Farr Cloth’s ‘Meander’ linen. (Continued overleaf)

MAIN BEDROOM (below from let) Beside a Luke Irwin
rug is a sofa covered in Manuel Canovas ‘Kansas’ fabric, in
the anis colourway, from Colefax and Fowler. DRESSING
ROOM (bottom left) The cupboards in this room, which leads
into the main bathroom, are lined with a Robert Kime ikat
SPARE ROOM (above right and opposite) Douglas Watson Studio

supplied the tiles for the unusual ireplace. On the floor is an
antique kilim. The bedside table is from Christopher Hodsoll
Ben Pentreath: benpentreath.com

Charlton Brown Architects: charltonbrown.com

AC T I N G
ON
IMPULSE
A spontaneous viewing led to a quick purchase for Miranda
Alexander, but her Dorset house, made up of two buildings
from different periods, has turned out to be the perfect fit
TEXT ROS BYAM SHAW | PHOTOGRAPHS SIMON UPTON | LOCATIONS EDITOR LIZ ELLIOT
EXTERIOR (this page)

Ater she bought the house, Miranda discovered that this area has ‘some of the most
beautiful countryside in England’. The building at the front, which dates from
the 1830s, has a symmetrical façade. Visible behind is the original medieval house
HALL (opposite)
Above the front door is an arched fanlight. The wallpaper is ‘Adam’s Eden’ from Lewis & Wood
THERE ARE AS
MANY TALES OF
FINDING THE
IDEAL HOME AS
THERE ARE PEOPLE
T O T E L L T H E M.
Miranda Alexander’s purchase of an old rectory on the

edge of a Dorset village must be one of the shortest and
sweetest. ‘Pure serendipity,’ she calls it. ‘I saw a picture
the size of a postage stamp illustrating an article about
unfitted kitchens and underneath it mentioned that the
house was for sale. Something happened inside me –
some intuition – and I contacted the agent, jumped in
the car and hurtled down from London to see it. I knew
I wanted to buy it the minute the back door opened.’ Five
years later, here she sits, in the kitchen she spotted in
that tiny picture, as happily at home as if her ownership
of it had been meticulously planned half a lifetime ago.
The simplicity and spontaneity of Miranda’s story is
due only in part to circumstance: her temperament, she
says, is impulsive and intuitive. She knew very little of
this area – ‘I was born and bred in London; I have Tarmac
in my veins,’ she says. ‘But the countryside has always
exerted a pull. My grown-up children and my grand-
daughter love coming here; it’s a wonderful antidote to
city life. I discovered after the event that the village is on
the edge of some of the most beautiful countryside in
England.’ She also realised that a friend lived nearby,
through whom she has since made many more. Miranda
still has a house in London, but she now lives here more
than half the year. ‘I’ll always be a “blow-in”, but people
have been open and welcoming. I feel very lucky.’ She is
currently helping to run the Bridport Literary Festival.
Friendships and the glories of the Dorset scenery aside,
the house proved as attractive as the glimpse of its
kitchen promised, accessed up a farm lane, sited on a
gentle slope near the church, with cows grazing in a field
of buttercups over the garden hedge. It also has the
charm of oddity. It is not one house, but two: one medieval;
the other dating from the 1830s. The older house
comprises the kitchen and next to it four smaller rooms
– a larder where once there would have been a staircase,
a sitting room, a study and a utility room. The later house
DRAWING ROOM
Little Greene’s ‘Pearl Colour’ provides a backdrop for Miranda’s
art collection, including Chard by Binny Mathews, who was born
in Dorset. The painting over the mirror is by Fred Cuming. The
sofa is covered in ‘Olive Sacking’ by Guy Goodfellow Collection

sits directly in front of its older sibling; it is joined to it by
a staircase that fills part of the gap between the two.
When you are inside, this peculiarity is not apparent –
the only giveaway is a stone mullioned window in the
study next to the kitchen, which faces the back wall of the
later building. In all other respects, the layout seems
perfectly rational. The kitchen is at the back – a big room
with a fireplace big enough to house a four-oven Aga and
a floor flagged in squares of blue lias stone. Opposite the
back door, which leads straight into the kitchen, is
another door that opens into a central hall with the stair-
case rising on the left. Ahead is the front door and on
either side are two nicely proportioned rooms: a drawing
room and another sitting room. There is a sense of pro-
gression from the vernacular informality of the kitchen
to the country classicism of these two rooms at the front.
Outside, the architectural discrepancy is more obvi-
ous. Approaching the house by car, you arrive at the back
to see casement windows and the steep pitch of a roof
that once supported thatch. Follow the path around the
side of the house to its front garden and you are greeted
by a façade of Regency symmetry, with sash windows
and a door with an arched fanlight. Most of the changes
Miranda has made to the house have been to the exterior,
including knocking down a modern garage and removing
a twentieth-century porch from the back door.
Inside, she says, she has done very little structurally.
‘I brought down some favourite bits from London and
KITCHEN (both pages)

A photograph of this room is what irst drew Miranda to
the house. She inherited the blue lias stone floor, the
Aga and much of the furniture from the previous owners,
but the Regency dining chairs are a more recent addition

trawled the amazing antique shops of Bridport to fill the
MAIN BEDROOM gaps.’ The previous owners were antique dealers and left
Miranda bought the rug in this room some of their larger pieces of furniture in place. The
from Rare Rugs in Church Street, NW8 unfitted kitchen, with its scrubbed-pine table, is much
as it was in that picture. Miranda added some unusual
Regency chairs, antique china and a green French gar-
den chair. In the drawing and sitting rooms at the front of
the house, the furniture is her own, including the Sean
Cooper sofas. The sitting room had lost its fireplace, as
had the main bedroom, so she found chimneypieces in
architectural salvage shops on Golborne Road, W10.
The main bedroom and bathroom sit at the front of the
house, with the spare rooms and second bathroom at the
back. For her bedroom curtains, Miranda chose ‘Olander’
embroidered linen from Colefax and Fowler in a darker
shade of the duck-egg blue on the walls. The main
bathroom’s seaweed wallpaper was designed by her aunt,
Min Hogg, the founding editor of The World of Interiors.
Miranda describes her own taste as ‘English and tradi-
tional’, but there is originality in her choices – the Guy
Goodfellow stripe on the drawing room sofa, for example,
is used horizontally – and ample evidence of her eye for
colour and for interesting objects. ‘I was influenced by
my grandmother, Polly Hogg, whom I adored,’ she says.
‘She used to take me to see gardens and antiques, and to
the Victoria & Albert Museum.’ Nicky Haslam described
Polly in his memoir as having ‘humour, taste and under-
stated elegance’. Miranda has inherited them all 첸
SPARE ROOM BATHROOM

A spiral staircase, painted white to The seaweed-inspired ‘Sea Sprigs Large’
match the f loorboards in this bedroom, wallpaper in the main bathroom was
leads to a bathroom on the f loor above designed by Miranda’s aunt Min Hogg

SPARE ROOM
Eye-catching textiles provide visual interest in this light and
airy bedroom. The quilt is from Oka and the mirrored curtains
were ordered specially from India by Warris Vianni & Co in
Golborne Road, W10. On the floor is a dhurrie from Guinevere
TEXT DOMINIC BRADBURY | PHOTOGRAPHS RICHARD POWERS
GREEN DREAMS
Hidden among trees in rural Columbia County, New York, is
a collection of buildings that provide a welcome sense of
escape for its owner and reflect his commitment to sustainability
EXTERIOR The timber-framed cabin is covered in charred cedar
boards, which provide a dark contrast with the surrounding woodland

THE BUILDING READS AS
A S PA C I O U S L O F T, W I T H A
VIVID SENSE OF CONNECTION
TO THE LANDSCAPE
LIVING AREA Much of the space in the house is devoted to this open-plan area, which has a screen wall that rises up to section off
the mezzanine bedroom (see picture overleaf). The dining table and chairs are Fifties pieces by Arne Hovmand-Olsen, with a vintage
French pendant above. The mezzanine seating area has a Plycrat lounge chair and footstool, and a custom cabinet by Mark Jupiter

A rriving at
Fox Hall is an adventure in itself. Set among 75 acres
of protected woodland and rolling pasture in Columbia
County, New York state, it consists of a small but
carefully curated collection of buildings and structures.
As you make your way up the long and winding driveway,
you are greeted initially by a barn with an 1840s
salvaged timber frame found in farmland just outside
the nearby town of Ghent. Owner Ian Hague used the
barn – along with the studio apartment tucked under-
neath and the natural swimming pool alongside it – as
a base while his new home was being built just up the
hill. This sophisticated, graphic timber cabin only
reveals itself as you make your way through the trees and
find yourself in a clearing in the woods.
‘I first came up here because I wanted to do a country-
house project and was looking for the most beautiful
place I could find at a reasonable price and with a
degree of solitude,’ says Ian, a fund manager based in
New York, who shares Fox Hall with his two grown-up
children. ‘I wanted something country-ish but also
something modern that would provide a contrast with
the natural environment. I started looking at these
beautiful images of barns and cabins from Scandinavia
and soon I had all these pictures in my mind. But,
at the same time, it was important to me that the
house should be light on the land.’
Ian’s ambition for original architecture, a tailored
home and a sustainable approach led him to the archi-
tectural practice BarlisWedlick, which worked out a
programme for the estate and constructed the barn
while f inishing off plans for the main house. Modest
in scale and tucked into the hillside and among the
trees, this building was designed as a retreat for Ian
and his close family and friends. A spare bedroom and
den are set on a lower level by the entrance, but the
majority of the house is devoted to a double-height,
open-plan living space, plus a mezzanine main bed-
room. The building as a whole reads as a spacious rural
loft, with a vivid sense of connection to the landscape,
although a dividing screen wall can be lifted out of
DINING AREA (this page top) A Forties portrait of Stalin presides over the dining table. TOWER (this page middle and bottom) A new
three-storey tower beside the main house includes a sauna, screened outdoor dining area and lookout level. SEATING AREA
AND KITCHEN (opposite both pictures) The concrete kitchen worktops were supplied by Get Real Surfaces in New York, while the
bar stools are from Bassam Fellows. The Environment sofa, made of recycled tent fabric and reclaimed wood, sits on a rug from Sacco

BESPOKE ELEMENTS BLEND
W I T H C ON T E M P OR A RY P I E C E S
AND MID - CENTURY TREASURE S
FROM ANTIQUE STORES
the f loor with a winding mechanism to provide some
privacy for the bedroom when it is needed.
‘It is a very private retreat, tailored to Ian’s needs,’
says architect Alan Barlis. ‘Unless you know where it is
or you are looking for it, you wouldn’t even see the
house. Ian does have guests and parties, but all of that
tends to happen down at the barn. The house works well
for one person – it’s all about the idea of having a room
in the landscape and being at one with nature.’
The exterior of the timber-framed cabin is coated in
charred cedar boards, which stand out under the green
canopy of the trees. Inside, Ian and the architects opted
for simplicity, modernity and warmth, which interior
designer Elaine Santos, of BarlisWedlick, describes as
‘neo Shaker’. Bespoke elements blend with contem-
porary pieces and mid-century treasures sourced in
Brooklyn and the antique stores of nearby city Hudson.
An oil painting of Stalin is an ironic touch, with his
firm gaze keeping order at the dinner table; the choice
reflects the fact that Ian has a long-standing interest in
twentieth-century Soviet art, having spent many years
travelling to Russia for work.
Ian’s requests for a screened porch and a sauna were
fused with his interest in building a tree house when
Alan suggested a three-storey tower a stone’s throw
away from the cabin. The concrete base holds the sauna
– which is heated by a wood-burning stove – with a
screened, fresh-air dining room above this. It is crowned
by a lookout level among the treetops, complete with a
swinging sofa. Getting the sauna going, particularly
in the winter months, is a ritual in itself, but one that
Ian takes great pleasure in.
The commitment to sustainability shared by Ian
and BarlisWedlick is threaded through the design
approach. Materials are either recycled or recyclable,
while power for the estate and Ian’s Tesla electric car
is provided by a solar array on the roof of the barn. Bat-
tery storage holds back-up power, with any excess sold
back to the grid. Fox Hall has been designed as a passive
house, to use very little energy, and has a natural,
chemical-free swimming pool. Ian has created a con-
servancy to protect the trees and the landscape here.
His commitment to sustainability is a ref lection of
his true passions and his love for a very special parcel of
the Hudson Valley countryside. ‘I love the fact that it’s so
different here in each and every season,’ says Ian. ‘In
the winter, you have the mantle of snow and the warm,
cosy feeling of being buttoned up inside. In the spring,
when the grass is coming in and the branches are bud-
ding, you can feel the activity of nature coming back. In
the summer, when it’s hot and lazy, you get that feeling
of the abundance of everything. They are wonderful
seasonal impressions that change over the months. You
begin to feel it the moment you come up the driveway
and all your cares melt away’ 첸
BarlisWedlick Architects: barliswedlick.com
BEDROOM (opposite) A macramé wallhanging decorates the wall behind the custom bed, with lights from Schoolhouse Electric on either
side. The plywood rocking chair is from Onefortythree, and the ‘Souk Wool Rug’ is from West Elm. BATHROOM (this page top and middle)
Tiles from Mosaic House and Daltile cover the walls and floor of the bathroom. The bath is from Signature Hardware, with taps and ittings
from Waterworks. GARAGE AND STORE (this page bottom) This grass-topped structure is one of a collection of smaller outbuildings

KITCHEN (this page) Pendant lights
by Michael Anastassiades add a modern
twist to this classic kitchen, in contrast
with the marble-topped painted cabinets
Bold comfort
The owners of this end of terrace in north London called upon
designer Suzy Hoodless to help them add colour, pattern
and a dose of fun to its restored and extended Victorian bones
TEXT EMMA J PAGE | PHOTOGRAPHS ELSA YOUNG | LOCATIONS EDITOR LIZ ELLIOT
DINING AREA (opposite) The owners added

this generous conservatory at the back of the
house, featuring three sets of french windows.
Muuto ‘Nerd’ chairs expand the palette and
a monochrome rug helps tie the look together
SITTING ROOM This silvery grey and dusky
pink palette is one that the owner never tires
of. Fritz Hansen’s ‘Favn’ sofa is upholstered in
a sturdy grey fabric by Kvadrat, while curtains
made from Dominique Kiefer ‘Crepe de Lin
Démesuré’ linen in rose antique soften the look
t was a desire to add some more vivid
I
brushstrokes to a largely classical can-
vas that prompted the owners of this
four-storey north London town house
to turn to designer Suzy Hoodless. A
year-long renovation had seen the
property’s Victorian bones sensitively
restored, but a true revival required
some left-field flourishes. ‘I like the
contrast between classic architectural features
and contemporary interiors,’ says the owner. ‘We
had a beautifully traditional backdrop, thanks to
the neoclassical approach of our architect Liam
O’Connor, but I wanted to mix things up a bit.’
The fact that this is an end terrace gave the
couple lots of scope. ‘There aren’t a million and one
options when it comes to reconfiguring traditional
London houses,’ says the owner. ‘But we benefit
here from light on three sides.’ They decided to
play to that strength by having a large side exten-
sion built, complete with east- and west-facing
terraces, adding a conservatory at the rear and
comprehensively reworking the internal space.
This included returning the kitchen to the base-
ment and introducing an elegant sitting room and
library space to the ground f loor. Throughout, cornicing has been reinstated, doorways have been widened and
copious integrated storage has been added to manage the demands of a growing family of three young children.
The owners have a preference for mid-century pieces, wood, metal, stone and a ‘Nordic colour palette’. By the
time the wife met Suzy, she had gathered a few key items, but felt she had run out of steam. ‘We had plenty of design
references as common ground, including an appreciation of the works of Giò Ponti and Fornasetti,’ says Suzy. ‘But
the owners hadn’t really lived with print, pattern and bolder hues before, so I knew I could add a playful touch.’
Like the bones of the house, the pieces that Suzy inherited provided a solid framework for the ensuing schemes.
The owners had a dining table and bench by Valentin Loellmann, defined by their tactile shape, and a pair of
geometric rugs in the sitting room and library. Suzy took these prompts and scaled up, adding simple but eye-
catching lines, including Fritz Hansen’s classic ‘Favn’ sofa and a vivid chartreuse ‘Papa Bear Chair’ by Hans J
Wegner in the sitting room, complemented by leopard print and graphic cushions. Suzy’s robust scheme fulfilled
the owners’ brief that fabrics must be ‘indestructible’ to withstand small hands and feet. ‘I love the natural rhythm
throughout the house and its surprising spikes in colour,’ says Suzy. ‘Everything here has earned its place.’
The house is studded with statement pieces, yet each is incorporated in an understated way. In the basement
dining area, Muuto ‘Nerd’ chairs in an array of hues expand the colour palette, while above a marble-topped
kitchen island, a trio of pendants by Michael Anastassiades brings the look up to date. The first-floor children’s
bedrooms have plenty of fun touches, including a vivid blue painted mural in the son’s room, as well as bold fabrics
and wall hangings. Suzy allayed the owners’ fear that they might tire of these accent colours. ‘Accessories can
always be switched to dial down the look,’ she says. ‘The biggest danger lies in not taking a risk at all.’
The second floor, housing the main bedroom, a bathroom, a shower room and two dressing rooms, signals a
change of pace with its scheme of soft greys. Here, everything has its place. Shelving in the bedroom and bathroom
houses more books from the owners’ collection, while a concealed jib door in the bathroom opens to reveal the
wife’s dressing room. The other, belonging to the husband, is connected to the shower room.
It was a matter of adding in places and pulling back in others to get the balance just right, explains Suzy, pointing
out that walls are painted mostly in Little Greene’s low-key ‘French Grey’. ‘I can always judge the success of a pro-
ject by how it makes me feel, and I would love all of these pieces in my own home.’ As for the owner, she is enjoying
her introduction to colour and pattern. ‘I love living with bold, graphic print – it gives me pleasure every day,’ she
says. ‘This house doesn’t have aspirations above its station; the children use every space freely, but utility hasn’t
taken over. These are comfortable rooms to be enjoyed and that’s just what we wanted’ 첸
Suzy Hoodless: 020-7221 8844; suzyhoodless.com | Liam O’Connor: 020-7250 1983; liamoconnor.com

SITTING ROOM AND LIBRARY The mirrored
cofee table was sourced from Mint. A Hans J
Wegner ‘Papa Bear Chair’ adds colour, while a
cushion in ‘Albert Indigo’ by Sister Parish on the
other armchair picks up the sot geometrics of
the rug. The library beyond has bespoke shelving
SECOND-FLOOR LANDING (opposite top let)
Two lamps from Blanchard Collective stand on
a sideboard with a sculpture by Arne Lindaas
STUDY (top right) Ib Kofod-Larsen chairs add to
this room’s pared-back aesthetic
MAIN BEDROOM (bottom left) This grey, blue and
silver scheme features a bespoke nailed headboard
covered in Dedar ‘Adamo & Eva’ velvet
SHOWER ROOM (bottom right) An arched mirror reflects
the shape of a window in the adjacent dressing room
CHILD’S ROOM (this page) A painted mural disguises
floor-to-ceiling storage. Curtains in Christopher
Farr Cloth’s ‘Breakwater’ in lemon add a playful zing
The K NOW L E D G E
Distinct
presence
Designer Ben Pentreath has given each room in
P O T T E RY
this reconfigured Arts and Crafts house its
own personality, combining colour and texture
with interesting pieces from different periods
Decorative mochaware
cups are displayed
in a line on the
mantelpiece in
the drawing room.
Traditional
mochaware – pottery
DISTINCT decorated with
coloured slip bands
PRESENCE and tree-like markings
Pages 182–191 – dates back to the late CHAIR
eighteenth century.
The CHAIRS in
Specialist dealer
Martyn Edgell the kitchen are by
provided the mugs Lawrence Neal,
in this house. This who crafts chairs
W A L L C OV E R I N G S
pearlware mocha mug,
‘I love the richness that grasscloth brings; it has using rushes from
circa 1820, is 14.6cm
so much more depth than a flat paint,’ says local rivers. This is
tall and costs £780.
designer Ben Pentreath. He has used grasscloths
martynedgell.com the ‘Ledbury’,
in a number of rooms in this London house,
including, from top left: Altfield’s ‘Minka’ which measures
(bamboo), 91cm wide, £58 a metre, and Phillip 89 x 56 x 41cm and
Jeffries’ ‘Manila Hemp’ (truffle brown), 94cm costs from £391.
wide, £44 a metre. ‘You do have to warn clients
lawrenceneal
that the joins between panels are visible, but I’ve
never minded the effect,’ adds Ben. Elsewhere, chairs.co.uk
he has used beautiful patterned wallpapers by
Morris & Co. From bottom left: in a spare room
is ‘Fruit’ (lime green/tan) and in the main
bathroom is the classic ‘Willow Boughs’ (green).
These are sold in 10-metre rolls and cost £73
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and £68 respectively, from Style Library.
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CABINET
There are touches of brass dotted throughout
the house, not least the striking sideboard in
the dining room, which is a bespoke design FLOORING
by Rupert Bevan. It is made of American To add texture to the hall and drawing room,
black walnut wrapped in brass, with a Ben chose rush matting from Waveney Rush.
nano-lacquer coating to prevent oxidation. Its handwoven and hand-sewn ‘Traditional
The company recently developed a smaller Rush Matting’ costs from £258.21 a square
version of the piece, the ‘Polished Brass metre. It needs to be sprayed with water once
Cabinet’, which measures 80 x 120 x 60cm every four to six weeks to prevent it drying out
and costs from £10,560. rupertbevan.com and becoming brittle. waveneyrush.co.uk

Inspired by the houses in this issue, BETHAN HYATT
gives directions on how to achieve similar style
BENCH
AC T I N G
ON
STONE FLOOR Ilse Crawford’s ‘Settle’
IMPULSE
A spontaneous viewing led to a quick purchase for Miranda
Reclaimed Blue Lias for De La Espada sits
Alexander, but her Dorset house, made up of two buildings
from different periods, has turned out to be the perfect fit
Flagstones sells salvaged well with the minimal

stone flooring similar to furniture in the dining
that in Miranda Alexander’s area of this New York state
Dorset kitchen; from £150 GREEN DREAMS
Hidden among trees in rural Columbia County, New York, is
a collection of buildings that provide a welcome sense of newbuild. In Danish oiled
escape for its owner and reflect his commitment to sustainability
a square metre. reclaimed oak, pictured, it measures

blueliasflagstones.com 131 x 204.8 x 54.5cm
AC TING ON GREEN and costs £3,096.
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Pages 192–199 Pages 200 –207
PAINT
Adding a hit of colour
to the living space, the
banister has been
painted in a bright
LIGHT yellow semi-gloss. It is LIGHTING
Above her kitchen ‘Citrus’ from Sherwin- Two circular sconces sit discreetly alongside
table, Miranda has Williams in the US. a piece of abstract art in the bedroom. They
hung a white pendant Little Greene’s are the ‘Radient Sconce’ from Rich Brilliant
light. The ‘Cobb Rise ‘Trumpet’ is a good Willing, which has no obvious wall fastening
& Fall Small Pendant’ TABLE alternative; 1 litre of or light source. Pictured from left are the
from Original BTC Matthew Cox’s oak intelligent gloss costs ebonised oak and white versions, 30cm
is similar. It has a ‘SAWBUCK TABLE’, £2,640, is very £29. littlegreene.com diameter; $1,060. richbrilliantwilling.com
shade diameter of
like the one in the kitchen. It measures
22.5cm and costs
£195. originalbtc.com 74 x 160 x 70cm. matthewcox.com
FABRICS HEADBOARD
Indulging her ‘very English and traditional’ taste in The macramé headboard in the main bedroom was created by fibre artist
interior decoration, Miranda has used a selection of pretty Sally England, who is based in California. ‘The slow and repetitive
printed cottons from UK-based fabric houses. Among them process of craft has always been very meditative and therapeutic to me,’
are, from left: cushions in the spare room in ‘Chalvington’ says Sally of her large-scale modern macramé work. ‘In an age of mass
(putty), £120 a metre, from Nicholas Herbert, and an production and immediate gratification, it is more important than ever
ottoman in the drawing room in ‘Marden’ (275), to keep craft-based traditions alive.’ You could commission something
£110 a metre, from Fermoie. nicholasherbert.com | fermoie.com similar to this piece from $100 a square foot. sallyengland.com 첸

WALLS ‘Bianco’ paint, £39.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, from Fired Earth. Slip-decorated earthenware plates, by Dylan Bowen, from £70, from Contemporary
Applied Arts. FURNITURE Late-nineteenth-century stained pine chest of drawers, £425, from Hand of Glory. ACCESSORIES Leather iPad case, by House Doc-
tor, £78; brass and copper ‘Desktop Fountain Pen’ (centre), by Y Studio, £165; both from Quill London. Hand-bound leather-covered notebook (black), £145, from
Bespoke & Bound. Earthenware ‘Small Black Vase’, by Kenta Anzai, £290; stoneware ‘Tall Textured Vase with Contrasting Interior’, by Yoko Komae, £580; both
from Maud & Mabel. Stoneware ‘Wide Rounded Vessel’, by Iva Polachova, £550, from The New Craftsmen. ‘Ribbed Beeswax Candles’, £35 for 6, from Matilda Goad
calm and collected

RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME combines neutral
and monochrome Korean-inspired textiles with
English furniture for stripped-back schemes
PHOTOGRAPHS LINE T KLEIN

WALLS‘Bianco’ paint, as before. Hanging fabric panels in ‘Pennant’ (from left: ocean mist, moonshine), linen, £90 a metre, from Mark Alexander. Walnut dowelling, £7.60
a metre, from G & S Specialist Timber. FLOOR Reclaimed oak parquet flooring, from £50 a square metre, from Eco Flooring UK. FURNITURE Anglo-Indian rosewood centre
table, £4,500, from Guinevere. Ceramic canister-shape stools, £950 for a pair, from Guinevere. George II oak hall chair, £3,400 for a pair, from Rose Uniacke. ACCESSORIES
‘Serenity’ porcelain cup and saucer (beige on white), €45, from Themis Z. Stoneware ‘Pink Snow Vessel’, £600; ‘Joyous Candlestick’, £155; and ‘Wide Flared Vessel’,
£600; all by Iva Polachova, from The New Craftsmen. Porcelain ‘White Vase’, by Enriqueta Cepeda, £275; burnt oak bowl, by Gary Allson, £175; both from Maud & Mabel
Combine the
elegance of
antique seating
with the comfort
of upholstered
pieces for a
pleasing contrast
WALLS ‘Bianco’ paint, £39.50 for 2.5 litres matt

emulsion, from Fired Earth. Curtain panels in
‘Alcyon’ (23), silk, £170 a metre, from Nobilis.
George III mahogany chair splats, £395 for
set of 3, from McWhirter Antiques. FLOOR Rec-
laimed oak parquet flooring, from £50 a square
metre, from Eco Flooring UK. FURNITURE
Regency mahogany and cane bergère, £4,800,
from Hawker Antiques. ‘Lavenham’ two-seater
sofa covered in linen (chalk), £3,500 including
fabric, from The Conran Shop. Anglo-Indian rose-
wood and cane settee, £3,200, from Guinevere;
with ‘Naiad’ cotton sofa cover (ombre), £253,
from Caravane. ‘Bloomsbury Library Chair’,
£1,350, from Pentreath & Hall; covered in ‘Prism’
(original), by Clarence House, linen/cotton,
£271.40 a metre, from Turnell & Gigon. ‘Atoll’ iron
coffee table, £1,078; ‘Yomi’ oak and iron coffee
table, £715; both from Caravane. ‘My Grand-
father’s Tree’ ash side tables, by Max Lamb, from
£360 each, from Gallery Fumi. ACCESSORIES
Linen and cotton handwoven throw (red stripe),
by Catarina Riccabona, £675; ‘Square Brutrach
Wool Cushion’ (brown and white), by The Good
Shepherd, £325; both from The New Craftsmen.
‘Kilim’ jute cushion (daim), £49, from Caravane.
Stoneware ceramic cup and saucer (on side
table), £24, from Native & Co. Hand-bound
leather-covered album (brown), £480; note-
book, £145 (tan), £375; both from Bespoke &
Bound. Brass rollerball pen, by Y Studio, £88,
from Quill London. ‘Kyma’ porcelain dinner
plate, €40, from Themis Z. Eighties steel and
aluminium floor lamp, £850, from Béton Brut

OPPOSITE WALLS ‘Debutantes Gown’ paint, £39.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, from Fired Earth. Wallhanging in ‘Offset’ (from top: parchment, gunmetal), linen mix, £125 a
metre, from Mark Alexander. Walnut dowelling, £7.60 a metre, from G & S Specialist Timber. FURNITURE Nineteenth-century Anglo-Indian temple chair, £5,000, from Howe.
ACCESSORIES Tote bag, £40 for similar, from Larusi. THIS PAGE WALLS ‘Bianco’ paint, £39.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, from Fired Earth. Curtains in ‘Linette’ (sable),
wool mix, £122.40 a metre, from Pierre Frey. FLOOR Reclaimed oak parquet flooring, from £50 a square metre, from Eco Flooring UK. ‘Feroe’ wool rug, £572, from Caravane.
FURNITURE Anglo-Indian ebony side table, £3,500, from Howe. ‘Hana’ oak four-poster bed, £1,030, from Habitat. ACCESSORIES ‘Olympe’ Seventies metal and plastic table
lamp, by Harvey Guzzini, £1,650 for a pair, from Béton Brut. Stoneware ‘Small Bowl 7’ (white and grey glaze), by Kasper Würtz, £45, from Sigmar. Bedhangings in ‘Tulio Mat’
(cyclone), by Fadini Borghi, cotton mix, £220.80 a metre, from Pierre Frey; trimmed in wool ‘Tufted Braid’ (spruce/black), £21 a metre, from Jessica Light. ‘Selena’ linen bed linen
(neige), from £121 for a set of 2 pillowcases, from Caravane. Cushions in ‘Junction’ (mercury), linen mix, £165 a metre; bedspread in ‘Woodgrain’ (from left: jasper white, cement),
linen mix, £160 a metre; both from Mark Alexander. Silk and cotton Mashru cloth ‘Black Star Quilt’, £655, from Stitch by Stitch. For suppliers’ details, see Stockists page 첸
The cactus garden was irst planted in the
Seventies. A recent renovation by a team of
specialists has highlighted the dramatic shapes
of the various cacti and succulents, which include
yuccas, aloes, euphorbias, aeoniums and cereus

Legacy planting
At San Giuliano, the 800-year-old estate of a Sicilian
marquis, evolving displays of succulents and tropical flowers
ensure the garden always feels beguiling and alive
TEXT HELENA ATTLEE | PHOTOGRAPHS MARIANNE MAJERUS

OPPOSITE FROM TOP The cacti stand guard
in front of the family chapel. A stone irrigation
channel runs along the edge of a swathe of
heat-loving aromatic plants in the giardinetto.
THIS PAGE FROM TOP Rosa gigantea clambers up
an agricultural silo that dates back to the Thirties.
The path through the giardinetto was tiled in an
intricate pattern by artisans from northern Italy
hen a house shares a name
W
with its inhabitants, you can
be sure they have lived there a
long time. Take San Giuliano
in Sicily, the rose-coloured
home of Marquis Giuseppe
Paternò Castello di San
Giuliano, which was built in
the fifteenth century on land
that has belonged to his family for over 800 years. It is hard to
believe San Giuliano had no garden when the marquis inherited
it in 1976. Today, it is one of Sicily’s most exciting gardens, for
although mature trees and plants convey a sense of permanence,
it is regularly reinvigorated with new ideas and planting schemes.
The marquis and his late wife Fiamma Ferragamo (best known
as principal designer of the Ferragamo shoe label) spent 25 years
creating the garden. Although it has continued to develop, its
structure remains largely unchanged. There is a terrace in front
of the house, a collection of ornamental trees, a swimming pool
and a cactus bed by the front gate. In the Nineties, the couple
commissioned landscape architect Oliva di Collobiano to trans-
form a walled orchard and vegetable plot into a lower garden
known as the giardinetto. The entire site covers seven acres.
Heavily armed cacti and succulents make an appropriate
welcoming committee at the gate, for the house was originally
a masseria, or semi-fortified farmhouse. A first glance across
the lawn reveals at least eight different species of palms, as well
as Norfolk Island pines, Australian grass trees (Xanthorrhoea
australis) with charred black trunks and a massive cedar. Explore
a little and you might find dragon trees, Nepalese bamboo, a
special collection of African encephalartos, aromatic California
pepper trees and many other treasures. Beyond the upper garden,
orange groves spread like a green sea towards Mount Etna.
Ever since she became head gardener in 2002, Rachel Lamb
has worked closely with the marquis. He is always excited to dis-
cover new plants, so she regularly rethinks planting schemes
throughout the garden. Some recent innovations have been in
the giardinetto, which she works hard to fill with heady perfumes
and rich colours in all seasons. Despite ferocious winter winds
and searing summer heat, Mediterranean plants thrive there,
and thanks to a system of raised stone water tanks and irrigation
channels, she can grow subtropical and tropical plants as well.
Tropical water plants were among Rachel’s new introductions
last year, when she found that Victoria cruziana, a South Ameri-
can water lily with huge pads and dramatic white flowers, would
enjoy life in the largest of the giardinetto’s water tanks. Equally
happy in the smaller tank is blue-flowered Nymphaea ‘King of
Siam’, another novelty in this entertaining part of the garden.
Last year, Rachel also began to make ‘a very timid trial’ of
Caladium bicolor ‘Angel Wings’, or elephant ears, in damper,

OPPOSITE FROM TOP Raised stone
tanks are part of the traditional irrigation
system in the giardinetto. The ornamental
fountain is attributed to Baroque architect
Giovanni Battista Vaccarini. THIS PAGE
FROM TOP A larger water tank in
the giardinetto. A view from the garden
over the orange groves to Mount Etna
shadier areas of the giardinetto. She experimented with red and

green leaves in part of the tropical garden known as the ‘equa-
torial’ area, with white-and-green-leaved caladium under the
pergola that divides the giardinetto in two. According to Rachel,
these were a hit with the marquis: ‘He liked their white and
marble-green elephant ears so much he wanted carpets of them.’
The house at San Giuliano is either rented out or filled with
family and friends throughout the year. The marquis likes to have
flowers in every room, and producing blooms to cut all year round
is one of the challenges of Rachel’s job. This year, she has upped
the stocks of allium, narcissi, Dutch iris and tulip bulbs in various
parts of the garden, as well as adding more roses and asters to
ensure a steady supply. The marquis’s mother used to grow dahlias
in the vegetable garden and now Rachel is staging their return
with ‘a collection of big, bright, dinner-plate varieties’.
She believes that any garden becomes ‘stodgy’ if left too long
to its own devices. Take the cactus garden at the entrance to San
Giuliano, which was first
planted in the Seventies. It
has always been a haunting Explore a little and you
and sculptural combina-
tion of agaves and aloes,
might find dragon trees,
thrusting spires of cereus Nepalese bamboo, aromatic
cacti, yuccas, cycads and
prickly pear. However, as
California pepper trees
time passed, larger speci- and many other treasures
mens had begun to screen
smaller ones, and everything overlapped so that the plants’
wonderful architectural shapes were lost and it was almost
impossible to get in among them.
It takes bravery, expertise and brute strength to work with
mature cacti, and when you consider the prickliness of the
prickly pear and the spines on the agaves, it is no surprise that
the plants had been left to do as they pleased. But last year
Rachel called in a team from Vivai Cuba, near Syracuse, one of
Italy’s most important cactus nurseries, to strip everything out
and replant the finest specimens. ‘They came with all the necess-
ary courage,’ she says. Now Rachel talks of the cactus bed as an
ongoing performance. ‘We reinstated the main protagonists and
added more layers to the drama by making the bed deeper and
using the buttressed wall of the chapel as a backdrop,’ she says.
The result resembles a complex play unfolding.
The marquis might easily have abandoned the garden after the
loss of his wife in 1998. Instead, he employed Rachel to take it
forward and as a result of their cooperation, San Giuliano’s garden
continues to be beautiful, entertaining and vividly alive 첸
Marchesi di San Giuliano: marchesidisangiuliano.it

Show
and sell
With the help of designer Simon Irvine, curator and potter
Joanna Bird has turned her garden into an exhibition space,
where modern sculpted ceramics meet calming evergreens
TEXT FRANCESCA RYAN | PHOTOGRAPHS RACHEL WARNE
THIS PAGE Charcoal Blade Form by the Yorkshire-based artist

James Oughtibridge is displayed on the deck by the house,
under a grapevine planted by Joanna. OPPOSITE A 50-year-old
lilac tree is a focal point in the garden. In the foreground is a
bed of blue and mauve plants, including alliums and perovskia

estled under a spreading lilac, the sculptures a real sense of place, and makes the
N
terracotta chimney pots made 33 x 12-metre space seem significantly bigger. Last
by Mick Pinner poke their spring, the works dotted throughout the garden
heads from a bed of ferns, wood for Joanna’s show Necessities of Life included Svend
anemones, Solomon’s seal and Bayer’s wood-fired stoneware pots and Adam Buick’s
Euphorbia amygdaloides. ‘We luminous moon jars, which catch the light at different
wanted to have some sculptures times throughout the day.
with nice height in that wood- ‘I think vessels work particularly well in the garden,’
land area, and the chimney pots worked well there,’ Joanna says. ‘There’s some synergy in both the
explains gallerist and potter Joanna Bird. materials and form that feels very organic.’ One par-
When Joanna first decided to open a contemporary ticular grouping of moon jars has a seductive rhythm
ceramics gallery at her home in Chiswick, west Lon- that catches the eye. Set against a large clipped box
don, in the early Nineties, she seized the opportunity mound, it features a jar decorated with a shino glaze
to redesign her garden. Now she uses it to showcase made from seaweed. ‘Adam throws the pot and then
her exhibits to their best advantage. ‘The garden was he likes to play around with materials,’ Joanna says.
a really boring shape – it went in straight lines and ‘So he’ll brush on china clay and sometimes he throws
was very angular,’ she says. grit – there’s another pot here that has a spiral of grit
Her starting point was the magnificent, spreading on it. He’s very into texture.’
lilac tree. Over 50 years old, the lilac was in the garden When it comes to the placement of sculptures in a
when Joanna and her husband bought the house in garden, Joanna makes it sound easy. ‘It’s all done by
1986. ‘It’s a focal point, because it’s a sculpture in eye – I choose what I think will go well together,’ she
itself,’ she says. ‘It has the most fantastic arrange- says. ‘However, you do need to find the right plant
ment of branches; we built the garden around it.’ palette, one that doesn’t overshadow or dominate.’
Today, Joanna opens her house and garden for Joanna selected the palette with the help of Tom
exhibitions twice a year, in spring and autumn, so her Freeth, Michal Dvorak and Bradley Gangadeen of
garden has been designed to look good all year round. Kew Gardens, who recommended plants that would
And for each show, which typically features 20 artists work with the sculptures. Throughout the space, ever-
across a range of disciplines, she tries to find new, greens such as box, Euphorbia mellifera and myrtle
up-and-coming talent to show alongside the more create a calm, neutral backdrop. Joanna is also a fan
established names. Originally trained by the Cornish of architectural plants such as ferns, the black grass
potter Michael Cardew (who studied under Bernard Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’, white foxgloves
Leach), Joanna describes herself as drawn towards and Rosa ‘Complicata’, which complement the pots.
a Shaker aesthetic: to pieces that combine beauty To add height to the garden, Simon came up with
and function. ‘Because I’m a Cardew pupil, I’m quite the clever idea of a raised grassy mound as a focal
vessel based,’ she says. ‘And I don’t like anything point. A gently sloping box hedge creates a feeling of
that’s too convoluted, contrived or fussy.’ enclosure. ‘The mound was a favourite of our children
With the help of Simon Irvine (who designed the when they were young,’ Joanna says. ‘All the grass
garden at Läckö Castle in Sweden), Joanna came up areas in the garden are puffed up like a patchwork
with a plan ‘to burst the walls open’. In a radical quilt. The Aran stones bordering the paths act as
departure from the garden’s existing rigid shape, stitches holding the grass down.’ Within the curve
every line is flowing. (‘The eye wants to follow a curv- of the box hedge is a teardrop-shape bed of blue
ing line,’ she explains.) The design leads you on a and mauve naturalistic planting, featuring alliums,
journey through several distinct areas. ‘It’s beauti- Alchemilla mollis, hardy geraniums and perovskia.
fully balanced. From the deck, you can’t quite see Displayed prominently on the deck by the house is
what’s going on and it’s a metaphorical search for the Charcoal Blade Form, a dramatic stoneware sculpture
holy grail; no matter which path you take, you keep by James Oughtibridge, whom she describes as an up-
going round and round,’ she says. Curves will be a and-coming artist. ‘I like abstract work,’ she says. ‘A
theme of the upcoming selling exhibition Convex, sculpture has to have a meaning for me – it has to
Concave, which opens this month. Fergus Garrett of come from somewhere and speak to me in some way’ 첸
Great Dixter has supplied extra bedding plants to
complement the ceramics that will be on display. The show ‘Convex, Concave’ runs from April 18 to
The south-east-facing garden has a wonderfully May 5 at Joanna Bird gallery, Grove Park Terrace, W4;
timeless atmosphere. Its host of secret corners gives visit joannabird.com. Simon Irvine: simonirvine.net
OPPOSITE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Extra Large Moon Jar by Adam Buick beside a shed inspired by a Japanese
tea hut. Salvia, hydrangea and tiarella plants. A Svend Bayer amphora in front of a box hedge. A close-up of the amphora.
Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ with three pots by Adam Buick. Arum lilies in front of the house. Another amphora by
Svend Bayer. The raised grassy mound. Works in the gallery include a moon jar, sake bottles and cups by Akiko Hirai (centre)

PA R T 2
M AY
THE KITCHEN
G A R D E N D I A RY
SOWING
THE SEEDS
In the second part of the series, CLARE FOSTER reflects on a busy month in
her garden, planting and weeding in anticipation of an abundant summer
PHOTOGRAPH SIGNE BAY
May 4 May 13 May 25

If I am lucky, I will get one long, uninter- I did a long charity walk this weekend, so A panic burst of gardening before half
rupted day of gardening a week, usually at gardening time was yet again concen- term. The weeds have appeared overnight,
the weekend, but otherwise my gardening trated to a couple of hours on Saturday. so I hoed manically for half an hour to
is done in snatched intervals in between The first task was to plant out my baby neaten things up before I go away. The car-
work, walking dogs and picking up chil- leeks, which I had sown in one of the large rot seedlings I planted a couple of weeks
dren. In fact, it is these short bursts of cold frames attached to my greenhouse. ago needed thinning, the potatoes needed
concentrated effort that yield the most A lot of spring gardening is to do with earthing up (to keep the tubers well under-
reward, with the pressure of time focus- juggling space and moving plants around ground so they do not go green) and the
ing the mind and increasing efficiency. – a tactical dance that ends when it is strawberries had to be netted. Most years,
Today, I managed to ignore the sun warm enough not to worry about frosts I forget to do this, giving the birds a free
streaming in through my study window any more – and I needed to free up some banquet, but this year, I am determined
until lunchtime, when I dashed out to cold-frame space to harden off other more not to be so kind. I managed to find a few
plant some beetroot seedlings that had tender things. The leek seedlings were old bits of netting that I tacked together
been languishing in modules in the green- possibly still on the small side to plant out haphazardly to throw over the strawber-
house. If you leave seedlings for too long, – the received wisdom is that they should ries while I am away, and a bed of straw
they will start to get leggy and weak, so be the width of a pencil – but they looked will be added when I get back to prevent
planting them out as soon as they are sturdy, so I decided to give it a go. the fruit rotting or being eaten by slugs.
big enough is important. You can also I left the carrot thinning until last
sow beetroot direct, as it has large, tactile May 22 because it is best to do it just before dusk
seeds that are easy to space, reducing the I often go back outside after supper at this to lessen the risk of carrot fly, the larvae
need to thin the row out. As with all crops time of year to potter around until the of which burrow into the roots as they
sown straight into the ground, though, light fades. Everything is taking off: rows develop, devastating the crop. The flies
you have to be all the more wary of slugs, of salad leaves and radishes are growing can smell the carrots from up to half a mile
which can completely annihilate tiny quickly and the broad beans are almost away, and pulling up the seedlings releases
seedlings before they have had a chance ready to harvest. At least they have not the scent that attracts them. Doing it in
to get going. For this reason, I sow most succumbed to blackfly like last year. If the evening, when they are not going to be
things in modules first, with successional you spot it early enough, you can keep active, is therefore recommended – it also
sowings direct into the ground as the blackfly under control just by pinching helps to water the seedlings beforehand so
season goes on if time allows. out the growing tips on the beans, which that the roots come out without breaking,
The beetroot varieties I am trying this is where they start to colonise. But if you as this is what releases the carroty scent.
year are ‘Boston’ (an improved form of fail to notice them, an entire crop can be Everything done, I finally went inside at
the well known ‘Boltardy’) and ‘Burpees ruined. The first bean pods are getting about 10pm feeling happy that the garden
Golden’. I like having two colours bigger by the day and I picked one as a was in reasonably good shape before I go
together, both in the garden, with their test. They are so beautiful when you open away. It may seem like a bit of a treadmill
contrasting stems, and in the kitchen, them, the tiny beans pale and smooth in at this time of year, when all you are doing
where their rich colours look fantastic their cushioned emerald pod. Delicious, is sowing and weeding, but it is all worth
together in salads or roasts. too, eaten straight from the pod. it for the rich pickings later on.
M AY C H E C K L I S T
Sow as much as you can, both in modules and outside… Sow courgettes, pumpkins and squash under cover… Plant out leeks,
Brussels sprouts, celery, celeriac and summer cabbages… Plant out tomatoes, peppers and chillies in the greenhouse… Hoe off annual
weeds and pull out perennial weeds… Harvest salad leaves, rhubarb and asparagus… Earth up potatoes as the foliage develops…
Sow companion plants such as marigolds and parsley as edging… Watch out for slugs and blackf ly and take appropriate measures 첸

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White asparagus is in
season now. It is
grown away from the
light, so does not
produce a green
colour, giving it a
more delicate flavour
Nordic soul
DANISH CHEF AND FOOD WRITER TRINE HAHNEMANN DEVISES A SELECTION OF DISHES
FOR A CASUAL SEASONAL SUPPER. ALL RECIPES SERVE 6, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
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ENTERTAINING | RECIPES
CARPACCIO OF SEA BASS WITH ASPARAGUS, LEMON VERBENA AND RYE BREAD
The asparagus season is short, so it is all about enjoying it when it is available. The texture should be crunchy and juicy, and I love eating it raw.
INGREDIENTS
X6 white asparagus spears
X6 green asparagus spears
X4 sea bass fillets, about 600g
XJuice of 1 lime
X4tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
X1 slice rye bread
X12 verbena leaves (if you
cannot find verbena, use lemon
balm, mint, coriander or dill)
XDill, to serve
1 To remove the tough, woody base of the asparagus, gently grasp a spear 3 In a bowl, whisk the lime juice and olive oil with a little salt and pepper to
at each end and bend until it naturally snaps. Discard the end and repeat with season, then drip this mixture over the fish using a teaspoon.
the rest. Peel the skin of the white asparagus. Cut all the spears into very thin 4 Toast the bread and chop it into very fine crumbs.
slices, on an angle, and keep them in iced water until needed. 5 Place the fish around the edge of a round plate, place the asparagus in
2 Remove the skin from the sea bass and discard. Cut the fish into very thin the middle and sprinkle with the breadcrumbs, verbena leaves and some dill.
slices, about 2mm thick, on an angle. Serve at once.

COURGETTE AND POTATO FRITTERS WITH SALMON ROE

You can make the batter 2–3 hours in advance if you do not add salt, which will make it wet. Add salt before cooking instead. Makes about 18 (3 per person)
INGREDIENTS
For the fritters
X200g courgettes
X150g waxy potatoes, peeled
X50g rolled oats
X2tbsp sesame seeds
X1/2tsp freshly grated nutmeg
(or 1/4tsp powdered nutmeg)
X2 large eggs
X15g butter and 1tbsp oil for frying
For the cream
X3tbsp crème fraîche
X4tbsp Greek yogurt
X2tbsp each of chives, dill
and chervil, finely chopped
X1tbsp capers, finely chopped
X1/2tsp lemon zest, finely grated
X100g salmon roe
1 Grate the courgettes and potatoes, then squeeze in a cloth to remove and golden brown. Keep warm in a low oven while you prepare the cream.
excess water. Mix in a bowl with all the other fritter ingredients, except 3 Mix the crème fraîche and yogurt in a bowl. Add the chopped herbs and
the butter and oil. Season with salt and pepper. capers and lemon zest, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
2 Heat the butter and oil in a frying pan on a high heat. Place spoonfuls of 4 Place the fritters on a plate, put a spoonful of cream on each one and top
the mixture in the pan and cook for about 3 minutes on each side, until crisp with the salmon roe. Serve at once. 컄

PORK ROAST WITH THYME, TARRAGON AND PARSLEY

You will need to remove the skin from the pork and score it for the crackling. This is easy to do at home, but you could ask your butcher to prepare it for you.
INGREDIENTS
X5 sprigs of thyme
X 5 sprigs of tarragon
X 2 large sprigs of flat-leaf parsley
X 5 bay leaves
X 1 unwaxed lemon
X 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
X 2kg pork sirloin, on the bone,
with the skin still on
X 5 onions, skin on, cut into quarters
X 350g carrots
1 Heat the oven to 200°C/fan oven 180°C/mark 6. Gently rinse and drain the Carefully rinse the onions. Peel the carrots and then cut them into quarters.
herbs. Grate the zest of the lemon and then cut the fruit into thin slices. In a bowl, 4 After 15 minutes, remove the pork from the oven, add 300ml warm water
combine the zest and herbs, then season with salt and freshly ground pepper. and the onions. Return the tin to the oven and roast for 1 more hour.
2 Remove the pork rind in one piece from the top of the roast, making sure 5 Add the carrots to the tin – making sure they are in the juice – and roast for
the fat underneath stays attached. Score using a very thin, sharp knife or further 15–20 minutes, or until the pork is no longer pink. A meat thermometer
Stanley knife, in 1cm strips, cutting halfway through the fat under the skin. through the thickest part of the meat should read 58°C. Alternatively, a skewer
Evenly spread the herbs, garlic and lemon zest on top of the meat. Then inserted in the thickest part of the meat should feel hot along its whole length.
spread the lemon slices on top and sprinkle with salt and plenty of pepper. 6 Remove the pork from the oven and rest for 15 minutes. Then remove the
3 Put the piece of rind back on top. Tie all the way along the joint with a long string and carve into slices, making sure there is a piece of crisp rind with every
piece of kitchen string, then place it in a roasting tin and roast for 15 minutes. portion. Serve with the onions (skin on), carrots and the juices from the meat.

BUTTER-FRIED CABBAGE WITH ROASTED NUTS AND CRE SS

Cabbage is eaten a lot in the Nordic countries. I love the flavour of the caramelised, almost burnt edge combined with sweet and fresh tasting inside leaves.
INGREDIENTS
X1 large pointed cabbage
X30g almonds, skin on
X30g butter
XSalad cress or watercress
1 Cut the cabbage into 6–8 wedges and roughly chop the almonds. butter and fry the cabbage on all sides until the edges begin to caramelise.
2 Heat 10g of the butter in a pan, add the almonds and fry until they are 3 Arrange the cabbage in a bowl and sprinkle over the almonds and cress.
golden brown in colour. Remove with a slotted spoon. Add a little more Serve this with the roast pork (opposite) 컄

NAPOLEON CAKE S
This is light, sweet and fresh and with a nice crunch. I believe the name was inspired by the cream cakes popular in Copenhagen konditori in the 1800s.
INGREDIENTS
XFlour, for dusting
X500g all-butter puff pastry
X2 vanilla pods
X400ml double cream
X100ml single cream
X8tbsp redcurrant jelly
X200g icing sugar
1 Heat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/mark 5. On a floured surface, roll of a sharp knife. In a bowl, whisk the double and single creams together
out the pastry to a 60 x 30cm rectangle and cut it into 4 pieces widthways with the vanilla seeds until light and fluffy.
with a sharp knife. Put them on baking trays lined with baking parchment, 4 Place the 2 least attractive puff pastry layers on a serving plate, spread
cover with more baking parchment, then put a baking tray on top to stop 2tbsp redcurrant jelly over each, then cover this with a 3cm thick layer of
them rising too much. Bake for 10 minutes. vanilla cream.
2 Remove the baking tray on top, reduce the heat to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/ 5 For the icing, heat the remaining redcurrant jelly in a pan over a low heat.
mark 4 and bake for another 10 minutes, or until golden. Then remove from As soon as it melts, pour it into a bowl and whisk in the icing sugar. Drizzle
the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. the icing over the other 2 puff pastry layers, let it set, then place them on top
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in season
WILD
GARLIC
At this time of year, the woods
become pungent with the scent of
wild garlic. I love to use its lush green
leaves to make this Indian-spiced
marinated chicken. Serves 4
X4 cardamom 1 Lightly crush the cardamom pods
pods to release the little black seeds
XPinch of saffron inside and discard the green husky
X1tsp cumin outer layer. In a dry, hot pan, lightly
seeds toast the saffron and cumin seeds,
X1tsp ground then crush in a pestle and mortar
turmeric with the cardamom seeds. Add the
X2 large handfuls ground turmeric and mix well.
of wild garlic 2 In a food processor, finely chop
leaves, washed the wild garlic leaves. Add the
X100ml plain spices and yogurt, and blend well.
yogurt Season with salt and pepper, then
X4 chicken smear all over the chicken. Cover
breasts, skin on and leave in the fridge to marinate
XOlive oil for at least an hour.
3 Heat the oven to 200°C/fan oven
180°C/mark 6. Pour a little olive oil
over the skin and roast the chicken,
STOCKFOOD/SABINE STEFFENS
skin side up, for 10–15 minutes until

it is just cooked through. Serve
sliced with rice or potatoes. 컄

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CATERING COMPANY SOCIAL PANTRY TAKES THE
FUSS OUT OF ENTERTAINING WITH FRESH, SEASONAL
DISHES THAT WILL BE THE TALK OF THE PARTY
As we move into the warmer months and embrace the great outdoors,
thoughts of long lunches on the terrace and cocktail parties in the garden
come to mind. But the stress of hosting can put these plans on hold.
Alex Head, CEO and founder of the events and catering company
Social Pantry, knows all about the art of outdoor entertaining. Since 2011
when it was first launched, her aim has been to provide no-fear enter-
taining by placing emphasis on seasonal and accessible ingredients,
which are sourced sustainably, to create mouth-watering recipes. It’s all
about jumping into the kitchen and making social entertaining look sim-
ple and fuss-free, even when cooking up a feast for a crowd.
Part of her initiative is also to work with a carefully selected roster
of charities such as Key 4 Life and Bad Boys Bakery. For the former,
she employs young ex-offenders as part of her kitchen team in order
to help young men learn how to reintegrate into society.
Alex’s passion for the food business began when she was 15 years
old and selling sandwiches off the back of her bicycle in Saudi Arabia.
Her entrepreneurial spirit only grew over the years until she launched
Social Pantry, followed two years later by Social Pantry Café, a
favoured local haunt in Battersea. Since then, Social Pantry has
expanded to encompass five sites across London, providing the
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PROMOTION
GRILLED PEACHES WITH COCONUT

Don’t leave the desserts out of the barbecue fun this summer. Try Alex’s simple grilled peaches with coconut
yogurt recipe for a sweet end to your meal. Cooking peaches over a hot flame brings out their natural juiciness and
intensifies the flavour – grill them on the outer edges of your barbecue to avoid scorching them. Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
X 4 fresh peaches
X 2 tbsp light brown sugar
X 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
X 50g flaked almonds
X Vegetable oil, for brushing
To serve
X 4 tbsp coconut yoghurt
X A good drizzle of honey
1 Toast the flaked almonds in a dry saucepan on a low heat until lightly form. Turn the halves over and sprinkle with the sugar and cinnamon.
browned; this can be done in advance and set aside until serving. Tip: do a This will melt onto the peaches.
big batch as they are also great for sprinkling over porridge and salads. 6 Grill until softened and well-marked. If you need to finish them off in
2 In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. the oven, cook them at 150°C for an additional 5 to 10 minutes or until
3 Cut the peaches in half and remove the stone. cooked through.
4 Brush the peaches with oil, ensuring the cut sides are well coated. 7 Serve on a plate with a spoonful of coconut yogurt, a drizzle of honey
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Nine grandly proportioned townhouses with stunning Georgian facades, Octagon’s latest London launch
incorporates the highest specification and finishes as befitting the developer’s name.
Offering views towards the River Thames and Barnes Wetland Centre from private roof terraces
and balconies, these unique new homes range between 4,375 – 6,150 sq ft.
With 4/5 bedrooms, an impressive kitchen/breakfast room and 4 formal reception rooms across 5 storeys,
the lower ground floor is dedicated to leisure - including a gym, cinema/TV den and a covered courtyard garden.
Each property features a private west backing walled garden with rear pedestrian access to the Thames towpath.
Located within the Bishop’s Park Conservation Area, Bishops Row is just a short walk from
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ONE OF THE FINEST VILLAGE HOUSES TO COME TO THE MARKET

IN MANY YEARS ON A PLOT APPROACHING HALF AN ACRE
On the market for the first time in over 75 years, ‘Frognal End’ is a magnificent
double-fronted detached, Victorian house, currently arranged as two separate
apartments, now in need of modernisation.
Discretely located at the end of a long gated private driveway, the property
comprising almost 6000 square feet (556 sq. m.) arranged predominantly over three
floors, occupying an elevated site approaching half an acre. The extensive gardens
encompass the house on three sides and in addition there is off street parking for
numerous vehicles.
The property offers the opportunity for a discerning family to acquire this rare and
exquisite home, which could be restored to its original state as a single dwelling, or
alternatively, there is the possibility that the existing property could be replaced with
a new bespoke home, subject to the usual local authority consents.
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SELF PORTRAIT
Four years ago, I enrolled on a course

at the HEATHERLEY SCHOOL
OF FINE ART, where I put charcoal
to paper and, later, mixed media on
canvas. This has become my outlet to
express my passion about life. My work
is available to buy from Arte Mea
(artemeaadvisory.com). This month,
I am supporting the TERRENCE
HIGGINS TRUST, the charity for
people living with HIV, by donating
my painting Two Worlds (left) to
The Auction, an annual fundraising
event held at Christie’s on April 16.
I am very superstitious. I would

never walk under a ladder or
step on a crack in the pavement,
so it can take me ages to walk
500 metres down the street. I do not have the drive to collect things
If you watched me from a in my DNA, but I love art, particularly JIM
drone you would think I’m DINE’s work (pictured is Big Diana with
Poem, 2007). I have a piece by him that I
crazy, weaving back and forth.
bought 40 years ago. The face is so intense
you almost feel as though you know him.
JEAN-MARIE MASSAUD is a star of
AS TOLD TO DAVID NICHOLLS. BIG DIANA WITH POEM (2007), BY JIM DINE. COURTESY JIM DINE AND ALAN CRISTEA GALLERY © JIM DINE 2018
furniture design now (his ‘Tribeca Tavolini’
I started work as an apprentice

George for Poliform are pictured). He is also an
architect, so looks at things in real detail.
draughtsman at an interior design

practice in Beirut, and 18 months later
Khachfe
I was appointed head designer for the new THE CEO OF POLIFORM UK
22-floor PHOENICIA hotel. I was 21 and PAINTS A PICTURE OF HIS LIFE,
at that age you believe you can do anything. WORK AND INSPIRATIONS
My favourite book
is Before They
Pass Away by
JIMMY NELSON
(TeNeues, £65). It
is a collection of his
photographs of
people from tribal
cultures round the
world. (Shown here I love London and wouldn’t live anywhere else. But I also
are members of have a house in SAINTE-MAXIME in the South of
the Drokpa tribe France. I’ve planted fig and pomegranate trees in the
on the India- garden and every year I cannot wait for them to bear fruit 첸
Pakistan border.)

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