Author: Plumley, Gavin (author)

England

Published on 4 May 2023 by Atlantic Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 336 pages, B&W throughout
129 x 198 x 37 | 304g

‘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 REVIEWGavin 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.