A mile-long drive winds through tree-lined meadows, grazed by Arabian horses, to reveal a grand Elizabethan manor framed by ancient beech woods. This is an imposing house, outside and in, as you'll ...

Some bedrooms in the luxurious Grade I Elizabethan manor house open directly into the grounds, while Combe’s beautifully restored Thatch Cottage has its own large, secure walled garden making the ...

Arriving after the sun’s gone down doesn’t always do justice to a hotel — but, in some cases, it can also hide a multitude of sins. Not here. Having perused Combe House Hotel’s website and already ...

PRINCE Charles called it the ideal village - and we agree as we pass Gittisham's thatched cottages and ancient church. When we turn into the milelong drive to Combe House Hotel in deepest Devon ...

Combe House has everything expected of the quintessential Grade I Elizabethan Manor. It nestles in a glorious 3,500 acre wooded valley at the end of a long drive in the charming olde worlde thatched ...

Far from the madding crowd and deep in the emerald East Devon countryside is an old house. Not just any old house. Knee-deep in Old England, yet bursting with good old Aussie hospitality, there's much ...

Tall, flower-filled hedgerows wall us in on both sides as we drive down the narrow, winding country lane to Gittisham. The tiny village is barely more than a church and a few thatched cottages. It's a ...

When I first see The Pig at Combe's impressive Elizabethan sandstone exterior, I'm gripped by a fleeting sense of panic. In the heart of a 1400-hectare estate in the lush Devonshire countryside, it ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Fiona began her career on Nova magazine in 1972, followed by a three-year break in the Caribbean cooking on yachts and publishing Cooking Afloat on her return. In 1977, she was Senior Editor at ...