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said they had accepted some of Watson's advice as they had discussed in the "revisited" episode (which aired in
November 2009) but had also implemented some new concepts of their own with a "little bit more soul, spirit and meaning". After Alastair Robb died in December 2015, the family retained ownership of the property.
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The manor itself comprises a 16,700sq ft complex of residential buildings surrounding its medieval core — the Robb family’s private domain — with outlying elements, including the north wing, the studio annexe, the coach house, its adjoining cottage and a one-bedroom first-floor flat, currently let on
371:"Mrs Robb's Bonnet" because she had to hide it in her hat to smuggle it through customs. With the whole property and gardens in need of renovation, the gardens were gutted and rebuilt along the original Cooper structure. The Robbs also added new garden areas, including a bog garden in the Oxbow, an
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series. In the first episode, the owners expressed concern about the cost of operating the manor and the £1 million tax bill. Watson provided some advice on increasing the revenue from visitors to the manor and gardens by increasing the commercial appeal. In an interview in August 2011, the Robbs
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magazine published the latest specifics about the manor with its "medieval rooms the vaulted Great Hall and Great
Chamber, the Winter Parlour, the Gold Room, the Guest Chamber and the exquisite Oratory, a tiny chapel over the porch." The report also provided this summary of the full property:
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English Country House Garden: Traditional Retreats to Contemporary Masterpieces" by George Plumptre, provided an extensive overview of the manor's history and of the gardens and arboretum as they appeared in 2013.
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indicate that the gardeners exchanged ideas, and that "Reggie came to stay and advised me on the length of the bowling green". Cooper's larger projects included moving the
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from erosion. Sissinghurst was laid out in 1932, with one garden writer describing Cothay as the "Sissinghurst of the West
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who sold the property to
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that this manor house was "the most perfect small 15th‐century country house that survives in the
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awarded Cothay four out of five stars "for its authentic medieval interiors ‘of incomparable value’".
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Visitors' Historic Britain: Somerset: Romans to Victorians
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A Medieval Manor West of London Lists for $ 6.55 Million
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