THIS PAGE An abstract painting by Adrian Heath hangs in the hall. OPPOSITE An early-twentieth-century Berber panel and a Thirties portrait by Spanish-Cuban artist JosĂŠ Segura Ezquerro hang in the study
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After restoring the Georgian details to this Marylebone flat, its interior-decorator owner, Douglas Mackie, added furniture with a French bias and twentieth-century art to create an elegant, sophisticated ensemble text Leonie Highton | Photographs Simon Upton | Locations editor Liz Elliot
Light work This semi-detached Victorian house in west London was transformed from a derelict shell into a light-filled family home full of personal pieces text lisa freedman | Photographs Simon brown
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The shape of things At Levens Hall in Cumbria, a small team of gardeners works tirelessly to maintain the clean lines of a surprisingly contemporary garden that includes topiary specimens some three centuries old text Caroline Beck | Photographs richard bloom
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OPPOSITE A hoar frost on the yew hedging at Levens Hall brings out the clean lines and intricate detail of the foliage. THIS PAGE Passed through the family’s female line, Levens Hall was seen as a backwater, considered not worth spending any money on. Happily, however, this saved the topiary garden adjacent to the house from demolition in favour of the sweeping vistas that were popular in the mid eighteenth century