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A Home for All Seasons

By: Gavin Plumley
Narrated by: Gavin Plumley
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A sweeping yet intimate account of life on the edge of England and what it takes to make a home.

Gavin Plumley considered himself a distinctly urban being… until he met his rural husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House—a three-storey building in Pembridge, Herefordshire—on love at first sight. But then came the inevitable question from an insurance salesman: 'How old is it?' The date they'd been given of 1800 seemed out by centuries.

As Gavin traced Stepps House through various hands and eras, he uncovers a past steeped in history and art, memory and nature that resonates powerfully with our present.

“A wide-ranging meditation on place and past… a gentle, reflective book. Plumley is at his best when describing the things he loves: his husband, his new home, its history.”—Literary Review

©2022 Gavin Plumley (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Art England

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loved hearing the history behind the walls of a small Herefordshire village. A village we normally pass through on the way to Wales, but after listening to this account, it encouraged us to stop and smell the flowers and beer at the local! Had to slow the narrative down a bit... 😑

Interesting historical depiction of Pembridge and

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I loved it. great research into the villiage and its history. I love the observations of Bruegels paintings. Well worth adding this to your library if you love history.

wonderful

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Interesting, well written and well read. Gives an absorbing picture of a house in history and its place in the present.

fascinating story

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