‘An agreeable house to live in’ : Wolfeton House near Dorchester.
Wolveton ( or Wolfeton) House stands in its little plot of green verdant land bordered by water meadows to the north-west of Dorchester, where trees and docks grow tall and small creeping flowers with medieval... 
Go Wild in the Country, Rusticating, with Luke Edward Hall
In 2019, artist-designers Luke Edward Hall and Duncan Campbell were looking for a place in the country, somewhere to plant a garden and have friends for the weekend. They found it here, at the Gloucestershire...
By Ben Pentreath: A Month in the Country and the Story of Parsonage Pink
It’s four weeks now since we’ve been here, down in Dorset. I’d say a couple of weeks ago the house got very tidy indeed. Everyone in the country, housebound and feeling helpless, went on a massive...
the bobt: a trip to the archives
To mark April's Renaissance, the bibleofbritishtaste presents new stories and themes. Some are being commissioned from generous and talented friends. But these are not them. Today's story is an amuse gueule from its archives of thousands...
Old Albion, Ben Pentreath, Charlie McCormick and their Old Parsonage.
As some of you will know, architect and designer Ben Pentreath and plantsman, florist and collector Charlie McCormick live for most of the time in a small hamlet in West Dorset, although they have a London...
Measure, Draw, Build: George Saumarez Smith, architect.
This is the home of George Saumarez Smith in Winchester. Howard armchair in the basement drawing room I went there to photograph on a sultry day in August, when the sky...
