A Home for All Seasons

''Charming - a love-letter to home, history, and nature.''

LEAH BROAD, Author of Quartet

''A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.''

HORATIO CLARE

''Truly a revelation on every page.''

PETROC TRELAWNY

''A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.''

COUNTRY LIFE

''A wide-ranging meditation on place and past.''

LITERARY REVIEW

Gavin considered himself an urban being... until he met his husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House in Pembridge, Herefordshire - on love at first sight. But then came the question: ''How old is it?'' With its ancient beams, the date they''d been given seemed out by centuries. As Gavin traced Stepps House through various hands and eras, he saw a past emerge that resonates powerfully with our present.

Mixing history and art, memoir and landscape, A Home for All Seasons is grand in its sweep and intimate in its account of rural life.