Ann Ellway and her late husband, Peter, always dreamed of moving to the countryside, where they could keep horses, sheep, and other assorted animals, and where he could indulge his hobbies, which included building and restoring cars, bikes, and racing dinghies. When the couple discovered this aging Georgian farmhouse in need of modernization, they were willing to overlook some obvious flaws, as it was set amid 6 idyllic acres.
“A lot of the original features had been taken out in the 1960s, so we reinstated its character where we could and brought it up to date,” explains Ann, who notes that part of the structure dates to the seventeenth century. “We took an ad hoc approach; there was no ‘grand plan.’” With the help of a friend who was a…
