Lifestyle Archive
(August 2022)

22 August 2022

Bizarre at the auction

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer. Salesroom offer a multitude of goods, although finding that perfect lot can take time and effort!The internet catalogue word search feature has become a must-have tool for the collector, and to the casual auction browser searching through can have its rewards. One of the most identifiable lots Read more…

A paradise of plants and wildlife

Caroline Bingham visited Yew Tree Farm, Gosberton to meet Robert Bailey-Scott and tour the garden which he and his wife Claire have created over the past 15 years. I put the date in my diary for late July, a time in previous years when Rob and Claire have opened the garden to the public as Read more…

A classic English country house   

Brant House is a stunning Grade II listed rural residence set in the heart of peaceful Lincolnshire countryside, yet within easy access of major road and rail networks. Located in the pretty rural hamlet of Stragglethorpe, Brant House is a charming 18th-century country home which has been lovingly upgraded and improved to offer a spacious Read more…

19 August 2022

My Lincolnshire Wedding Autumn 2022

JEWELLERY IDEAS FOR YOUR SPECIAL OCCASION Striacroft Jewellers is Louth’s longest established family jewellers. Now under the ownership of its second generation, this gem of a store offers a wide range of high quality diamond, gold and silver jewellery, engagement rings and wedding rings together with watches, clocks and a selection of gorgeous giftware. A Read more…

Imagining Georgian Folkingham

Steffie Shields highlights the Aveland History Group’s Georgian Festival. ‘Nobody should hurry through Folkingham – it is all a delight’ wrote historian, the Reverend Henry Thorold, a lover of the picturesque in landscape and eccentric architecture. The village would make a perfect film set for Sense and Sensibility. On the weekend of 17th and 18th Read more…