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A PRESTEIGNE couple are offering a “unique and intimate” experience by hosting their own festival next month.

Leaving the garden we created 30 years ago isnt easy For three decades, David Wheeler and Simon Dorrell have lovingly tended Bryan’s Ground, but now they are ready for a new creative challenge 25 April 2021 • 5:00am David Wheeler (left) and his partner Simon Dorrell with their dogs in front of the dovecote in Bryan’s Ground, near Presteigne, Powys Credit:  Andrew Fox Leaving the house you have lived in and loved for nearly 30 years can be a huge wrench. But what about leaving its gar...

Rodd Court, at the centre of the Rodd Estate, Presteigne. Photograph: Alex Ramsay/Sidney Nolan Trust Rodd Court, at the centre of the Rodd Estate, Presteigne. Photograph: Alex Ramsay/Sidney Nolan Trust Captivated by its solitude and beauty, the Australian artist made the Rodd Estate in the Welsh Marches his home – it’s easy to see why KateSimon Sun 18 Apr 2021 02.00 EDT I’d normally expect to find a pint of milk and slice or two of cake on arrival at a holiday home. But the welco...

One of Herefordshires most iconic gardens - and the Arts and Crafts house at its centre - has just come on to the market with a guide price of £1.4million. Designed in 1911 by Hereford architects Groome and Bettington for a pair of sisters, Elizabeth and Molly Durning-Holt, heiresses to one of the UKs larger shipping companies, Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool, its said that some of the architectural details in the house were done by carpenters from the shipping line. Bryan’s Ground overl...