Rectories and Vicarages

When a series of events got in the way of her initial plans, interior designer Bunny Turner decided to move from London to this former rectory in Oxfordshire, which turned out to be the perfect place for recovery and renewal.

At this former rectory in the West Country, foraged Christmas decorations and salvaged materials enhance the sense of a house that has been made suitable for modern family life, while retaining its Victorian character

After 15 years renting a parsonage in Dorset, Ben Pentreath says a final goodbye to what has been a magical house for him and his husband Charlie

Tasked with bringing a modern take on the English country look to this Georgian rectory, Tamsyn Mason set about adding colour, pattern and a wonderful array of furniture from varying eras

Creativity runs deep in Pippa Harris’s life, work and family. This is reflected in her Cotswold house, where Emma Burns of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler has designed calm, comfortable interiors with textures and colours that echo the film and TV producer’s array of paintings and ceramics by members of the Bloomsbury group.

Tasked with bringing colour and harmony to the ‘greige’ interiors of this Victorian house, interior designer Tamsin Saunders has created spaces to inspire the artist who lives there

The simple lines and rectilinear shapes of her 18th-century rectory left landscape and interior designer Lesley Cooke rapt as she embarked on a two-year campaign of understated modernisation

Never one to rush things, Emma Milne-Watson has gradually breathed new life into a centuries-old rectory in Sussex, respecting its history while creating a distinctive home for her family by effortlessly mixing classic and contemporary elements

Interior designer Samantha Todhunter and her husband David were always destined to make this 18th-century house in Oxfordshire their home, after chance encounters three decades apart.

Rupert and Anna Bradstock weren't planning any home improvements when their seventeenth-century rectory was destroyed by a fire. With help from an interior designer and furniture historian, they rebuilt the much-loved home they lost

Built in 1785 as the rectory of a nearby Anglican church, Ballintubbert has a history as colourful as its gardens. We took a look around for our April 2012 issue

A spontaneous viewing led to a quick purchase for Miranda Alexander, but her Dorset house, made up of two buildings from different periods, has turned out to be the perfect fit

'Larger than a farmhouse, smaller than a seat ... ' We revisit an archive feature from 1966 on the history of vicarages and why they're so delightful to live in.

Andrew and Sarah Hills of Porta Romana have created an elegant and distinguished family house on the site of an old vicarage, which has an established feel despite its modern reconstruction.

Moving from a cottage to a sizeable rectory, the owners enlisted an antiques dealer to create their imagined ideal. Max Rollitt filled the house with interesting and amusing objects and furniture, thus kick-starting his career as a decorator.

In a historic rectory in rural Kent, the architect Ptolemy Dean has brought its disparate array of architectural styles into harmony, enabling decorator Alexis Wylie to create inviting interiors with bohemian touches

Having taken on the lease of a Georgian parsonage situated in a Dorset village, Ben Pentreath set about furnishing and gently restoring it, making an impact with small, considered changes.