Georgian Houses

Hatta Byng tells the story of restoring the house her husband inherited in North Yorkshire, in close collaboration with a team of specialists. The end result is a series of inviting rooms that work as well for daily life as they do for joyful celebrations

Richard E Grant's house in Richmond is filled with an abundance of treasures that the actor acquired with his late wife Joan - antiques, artefacts, paintings, books, dolls and the odd souvenir from his film career. And, at Christmas, the colourful interiors are given a maximalist boost with lavish decorations

Inheriting a Georgian house and estate in the Scottish Highlands sounds like a dream come true. But with the romantic setting comes responsibility, as Korla co-founder Jane Bonsor soon realised

During lockdown Monica Grose Hodge's tranquil flat in an 1830s house in Hackney, rapidly became a workshop for her Rag pictures, using a 19th century technique to make patterns based on 16^th century Crewel Work.

Once destined to be a neutral and functional buy-to-let, this townhouse in Belgravia is now bursting with colour and pattern

Aiming for something ‘romantic and camp, without going too Liberace’ the artist Christabel MacGreevy has conjured up the perfect scheme for her friend, photographer Harry Carr

When the Francis Gallery founder and her photographer husband finally secured their dream address, the renovation unfolded in bursts between Bath and Los Angeles. The result is a flat that feels pared back yet deeply personal.

Located in Spitalfields, the London district once inhabited by Huguenot silk weavers, this Georgian house narrowly avoided demolition in the Nineties. Carefully restored and reconstructed, it is now an elegant family home. We revisit this archive story from 2021.

Interior designer Rachel Allen has put her stamp on one of Spitalfields' coveted Huguenot houses, lightening up dark spaces and adding soft colour through paint and textiles

What started off as a holiday home in need of refurbishment on the edge of the Peak District has been charmingly and thriftily transformed into a richly layered, exuberantly colourful family house by a ballerina and her antique dealer partner

Having taken on this pair of 18th-century gate lodges in West Sussex after lockdown, creative director Cruz Wyndham and her husband George set about creating a weekend bolt hole that would provide the perfect counterpart to frenetic city life in London, embracing the slightly eccentric living set-up

Having moved to Bath in 2022, natural paint specialist Cassandra Ellis's serene Georgian townhouse is an ode to her love of raw, honest materials and a lesson in why we shouldn't all be striving for perfection. Unsurprisingly, the soft, calming palette here is spot on, but even that's a lesson in listening to the building and how you want to live and feel in a house.

Interior designer Tom Morris, director of Morrisstudio, has combined traditional architecture with muted colours and a clever mix of 20th-century pieces in this classic honey-coloured Georgian house

Designer Rachael Gowdridge discusses her holistic approach to design, and taking a house from introverted to extroverted with the help of artisan makers

Working with craftspeople to enhance the elegant bones of their Georgian house in London has been a rewarding process for Paul West and Michelle Bower-West, allowing them to create rooms of quiet beauty in which to live and work

A light take on Georgian decorating and a wonderful approach to colour has created a soft, rich feel in this charming London flat

Interior and production designer, Anna Rhodes, has created a charming family house, which she shares with her partner, BAFTA award-winning documentary maker Fred Scott and their son.

Working with a client who shares his love of design history, Daniel Slowik has created a smart and comfortable holiday house refreshingly free of coastal idioms

Faced with a roof-less shell, interior designer Henry Prideaux gave this Georgian house in London back its identity, reintroducing period details and adding contemporary pieces to reflect the owners’ interests

The work of a 20th-century Italian artist was the inspiration for the rich palette used by interior designer Tom Morris to bring warmth and character to this late-Georgian house in north London and to showcase distinctively patterned textiles