Description

‘Charming – a love-letter to home, history, and nature.’
LEAH BROAD, Author of Quartet

‘A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.’
HORATIO CLARE

‘Truly a revelation on every page.’
PETROC TRELAWNY

‘A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.’
COUNTRY LIFE

‘A wide-ranging meditation on place and past.’
LITERARY REVIEW

Gavin considered himself an urban being… until he met his husband, Alastair. Together, they bought Stepps House in Pembridge, Herefordshire – on love at first sight. But then came the question: ‘How old is it?’ With its ancient beams, the date they’d been given seemed out by centuries. As Gavin traced Stepps House through various hands and eras, he saw a past emerge that resonates powerfully with our present.

Mixing history and art, memoir and landscape, A Home for All Seasons is grand in its sweep and intimate in its account of rural life.

Publisher Review

What starts out as a straightforward house history morphs into something else, a wide-ranging meditation on place and past, taking in climate change, rural depopulation, the Reformation and folklore...A gentle, reflective book. Plumley is at his best when describing the things he loves: his husband, his new home, its history. * Literary Review * A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations. * Country Life * A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world, A Home for all Seasons is a beautiful portrait of time and place, a palpable labour of love. -- Horatio Clare, author of SOMETHING OF HIS ART Charming - a love-letter to home, history and nature. -- Leah Broad, author of QUARTET