Lifestyle Archive
(September 2022)

21 September 2022

A gardener’s tale

He’s passionate about the great outdoors but for BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost gardening is as much about people and connecting them with the spaces he lovingly creates as the plants he uses. Interview by Kate Chapman. Known for his successes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Adam’s interest in gardening stems from an Read more…

Lowry’s prints shine at auction

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer. The Lincoln Fine Art auction held in August saw over 450 lots offered for sale. Included were eleven Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) artist signed limited edition coloured prints. The strength of demand for the North West artist continues to grow, illustrated by all eleven lots selling above Read more…

Hedging our bets!

Steffie Shields discusses investment in hedges. A stable economy, and the ability to keep making money, are essential to a healthy and prosperous society. As in hedge-laying, using supportive pointed pieces of wood driven into the ground, we all have a share in the stakes. It seems somewhat surreal that office-bound accountants and financiers have Read more…

Stylish family home with superb views

Nightingale House is an elegant and spacious country house set in gorgeous gardens, with the additional benefit of an annexe, ideal for multiple uses. Set in the desirable semi-rural village of Aisby, near Grantham, Nightingale House is a stylish five-bedroom home filled with natural light. Built in the late 1990s on the site of an Read more…

13 September 2022

‘Foreign’ building at home in the Wolds

Our county has a wealth of listed properties but one of the most unique must be Colonial Cottage in Little Cawthorpe. Designed at the beginning of the 20th century as a prefab bungalow to be shipped abroad, its short journey was from London to Lincolnshire. By Caroline Bingham. The property is in an idyllic spot Read more…