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GOING THE DISTANCE

Looking for a home and a major project to keep her busy, Melinda Swann thought she’d struck gold when she found an old brick and flint vicarage. ‘It was a handsome house from the outside, but inside it was unloved,’ she says. ‘It was freezing cold and draughty, but it had potential.’ The only snag was

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