Photos: Pollen
1/14NATURE
The formal flower beds outside the living room are home to brightly colored phlox and delphinium.
Sittings Editor: Miranda Brooks.
2/14IN BLOOM
The sage-and-thyme lawn at the front of the house is divided by ribbons of box hedge.
3/14RUSTIC CHARM
The house’s view of the Church of St. Mary.
4/14MIXED MEDIA
Monkey wallpaper by Fornasetti decorates the sitting room.
5/14READ ALL OVER
The converted barn features an oak refectory table by Willie Nickerson and sofas and chairs by Christopher Hodsall.
6/14GRAND PLAN
A white bathtub and Moroccan carpet in the main guest bedroom.
7/14IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS
A Hugo Guinness cowboy print, among other pictures in the master bedroom.
8/14LOUNGE ACT
Pollen’s daughter Mabel and son Jesse with his girlfriend, Kiri, in the paneled TV room.
9/14EARTHLY DELIGHTS
The Edwardian water garden was buried under a scrub of dense woodland.
10/14Jesse and Kiri on a nineteenth-century Regency sofa re-covered with an old Russian flag.
11/14ALFRESCO
The wildflower meadow in front of the barn includes meandering paths that lead to a tiny orchard of apple, plum, and cherry trees.
12/14GOING GREEN
A paperbark maple tree shades an area of the garden used for dining.
13/14FAMILY TIES
The author and her daughter, Mabel.
14/14GRAND ENTRANCE
The façade of the Pollens' house.
