Restoration Projects

Serial renovators of historic houses on a grand scale, the dynamic design duo Peter Sheppard and Keith Day took on their greatest challenge yet with exquisite 18th-century Wolterton Hall in north Norfolk, which had lain uninhabited for almost 30 years

The former owner of Farrow & Ball (and co-founder of Fermoie) Tom Helme's colourful and comfortable Scottish retreat with spectacular views of the islands of Sanda and Rathlin on the furthest point of the Mull of Kintyre.

More than a decade after inheriting their Perthshire estate, James and Caroline Inchyra have realised its full potential, turning this bustling family home into the setting for three thriving business ventures

Rupert and Anna Bradstock weren't planning any home improvements when their seventeenth-century rectory was destroyed by a fire. With help from an interior designer and furniture historian, they rebuilt the much-loved home they lost

The owners of this London house have called upon the expertise of Maddux Creative’s design duo not once, but twice – most recently to maximise space and light, and play up the distinctive period details

Built on the site of a cottage orné in a garden by Capability Brown, Cadland House has evolved through several incarnations into a graceful country house enhanced by its coastal setting

This historic manor house, at the heart of the Nyetimber sparkling wine estate in Sussex, has been thoughtfully restored to create a beautiful family home.

Photographer Joanna Vestey and her family's farm in Oxfordshire now reflects their passions for environmental issues, entertaining and travel.

Despite its location in the "icebox of Connecticut', the owners of this eighteenth-century farmhouse have restored it as a cosy weekend retreat, in keeping with its historic character but with an injection of modern colour 

The architect and designer Giles Vincent has reconfigured the rooms of his west London town house to set off a rich mix of inherited and collected antiques

Bradwell Lodge, a fifteenth century house with an exquisite late-eighteenth-century addition by John Johnson, is the perfect English country house in miniature

In an extract from  'Modern English: Todhunter Earle Interiors', we take a look at a charming Scottish house repaired and restored for a family relocating from Switzerland

As The Land Gardeners win our award for Responsible Design, sponsored by Porta Romana, we revisit Henrietta Courtauld's London house and its beautiful renovation at the hands of Retrouvius

This historic eighteenth-century house enters a new chapter as a family home with careful restoration and renovation, sympathetic interiors by Hugh Henry and gardens that open out to the surrounding woods, streams and coast beyond

Appreciation of original period details and traditional skills is evident in every corner of Patrick and Neri Williams’ Bath home and their adjoining shop, Berdoulat, for which they collaborate with artisans to create pieces that will last for generations

With the help of their architects and a team of local craftsmen, the owners of Shilstone built this classical house largely from scratch, using what remained of an eighteenth-century mansion and the landscape around it as inspiration

Shunning our throwaway culture, interior designer Patrick Williams of Berdoulat Design used salvaged finds and traditional techniques to imaginatively restore his Victorian flat in east London in a sympathetic manner. You can find Patrick's beautiful new house and shop in Bath in our October issue, out now. Download House & Garden on your iPhone, iPad or Android device now or subscribe today

After a five-year search for a property in Sicily, Jon Moslet and Marco Scire discovered the abandoned Rocca delle Tre Contrade on the east coast, and set about turning it into the welcoming and relaxing holiday home it is today