Take a tour around a rural home in County Down
This extended 1960s bungalow with a Georgian yard and early medieval ringfort features a hallway, living room, kitchen-diner, drawing room, home office, conservatory, boot room, cloakroom, four bedrooms (one en suite), dressing room and two bathrooms.
This extended 1960s bungalow with a Georgian yard and early medieval ringfort features a hallway, living room, kitchen-diner, drawing room, home office, conservatory, boot room, cloakroom, four bedrooms (one en suite), dressing room and two bathrooms.
1/8 Exterior
2/8 Living room
Equine artworks on the walls and comfortable linen-covered sofas with floral cushions lend a relaxed look to this country living room.
Equine prints
Sally Mitchell Fine Arts
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3/8 Kitchen-diner
This classic country kitchen is fitted with cream painted kitchen cabinets with wood worktops and has an original 1950s Aga.
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Aga
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Folksy
4/8 Boot room
This room has plenty of storage for coats and boots. Flagstone flooring and a beautiful panelled ceiling create a rustic country look.
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5/8 Hallway
A smart console table and a colourful rug from Marrakech draw the eye along the light wood floor in this neutral country hallway.
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Neptune
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JW Jennings
6/8 Bathroom
A traditional washstand and mirror give a decorative look to this bathroom. The claw-foot bath sits on French limestone tiles and is positioned to give a view across the fields.
Roll-top bath
Fired Earth
Wirework shelf
Live Laugh Love
7/8 Main bedroom
Antique pieces from auctions, such as a bamboo four-poster bed, and soft white bedlinen create a traditional look in this bedroom.
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Willis & Gambier
8/8 Guest bedroom
Delicate white lace curtains panels offset the handsome solid-wood furniture in this traditional bedroom scheme.
Four-poster bed
And So To Bed
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MYB Textiles
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Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.
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