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Home is where the heart is

Transformed 17th century Dorset farmhouse

I found the house I was looking for by exploring local villages. There it was tucked away in a backwater which I hadn’t known existed. With a plaque dated 1698 on the facade, I knew immediately that this was where I wanted to live ; all that was lacking was a pair of stone dogs on either side of the front door and later that same afternoon I happened to come across a pair in a junk shop. I bought them, utterly convinced that they’d soon be outside our new home.