Surrey Homes | SH30 | April 2017 |Gardens supplement inside

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have proudly framed in the downstairs loo. The fact that the boarded-up property was so derelict and rat infested the estate agent refused to step through the door and they had to make their first inspection by torchlight did nothing to put them off. “It was love at first sight,” says Adrian. “It took us ten years to do it up on a very strict budget, but it was so much fun. It was an adventure.” The main structural work was to add a new two-storey extension at the back to create the large kitchen/breakfast room and two extra bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs. “The original 1842 building, put up by an alms trust which was created in 1611 to provide housing for the poor, was built as two tiny houses with a shared staircase,” says Adrian. “When we took it on, it was still set up as two dwellings, with a flat-roofed 70s single storey extension at the back containing two miniature kitchens and a bathroom. Luckily, the front is listed but the ugly extension wasn’t so it was fine to knock that down and start again. Although the outside loo is listed…” The main feature of the lovely spacious new kitchen, with French doors out onto the garden, is a huge classic kitchen dresser, which Adrian’s parents bought at an auction in Rye. “It was so big we had to have it cut down to fit in the space,” says Sven. Left: Gladys the mannequin stands in one corner of the kitchen wearing a chic red cloche hat, made by Adrian Below: Major Lynch – a male shop window dummy dressed in a guard’s uniform and a crash helmet – stands next to a station map from a Jubilee Line underground station. The Jubilee line station sign was bought as a tribute to Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee wealdentimes.co.uk 52

Alicia Dubnyckyj Art For Your Future McAllister Thomas exhibits original contemporary works of art by UK and International artists. Start your collection today and ensure you buy a unique piece of art work for your future. McALLISTER THOMAS 117 High Street Godalming Surrey GU7 1AQ T: +44(0) 1483 860591 E: info@mcallisterthomasfineart.co.uk W: mcallisterthomasfineart.co.uk Pictured - Above Westminster IX, London - 100 x 122 cm

Alicia Dubnyckyj<br />

Art For Your Future<br />

McAllister Thomas exhibits original contemporary<br />

works of art by UK and International artists.<br />

Start your collection today and ensure you buy a<br />

unique piece of art work for your future.<br />

McALLISTER THOMAS<br />

117 High Street<br />

Godalming<br />

<strong>Surrey</strong> GU7 1AQ<br />

T: +44(0) 1483 860591<br />

E: info@mcallisterthomasfineart.co.uk<br />

W: mcallisterthomasfineart.co.uk<br />

Pictured - Above Westminster IX, London - 100 x 122 cm

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