The English Home

CALL OF THE SEA

‘This is a place that really makes us smile; it gets a “wow” from everyone who visits’

It is hard to put a finger on exactly what makes a house feel like home. Rooms that embrace everyone with comfort are essential, but when the very walls of the house seem soaked in happy memories, a feeling of welcome and connection resonates at a core level.

For Tom O’Shea, this fisherman’s cottage on the Devonshire coast could not be truer to this ideal. As his former childhood home, it echoes with youthful adventures

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