A house for ALL SEASONS

Stripping her period home back to bare brick to start again gave Frankie Bickerdike the opportunity to combine old and new in style

- STEPHANIE SMITH

Kitchen With original beams and exposed brick, this space has become the hub of the home that Frankie envisioned. Cabinetry in Cashmere by LochAnna Kitchens. Windermere love seat by Barker & Stonehouse 

Kitchen Panelling within the cabinetry adds to the contemporary country feel. Incorporating hooks means special cups and jugs can be put on show. Rustic Wild Oak worktop, Spectra

 Kitchen A breakfast bar has been created on one side of the island and it has become the ideal spot for casual meals and coffee with friends. Bar stools, eBay

AT HOME WITH

Owners Animal physiotherapist Frankie Bickerdike, her husband,  Jack, who works in the family engineering business, and three dogs, Bonny, a bulldog, Bear, a boxer, and Bodhi, a cocker spaniel.

House A 19th-century detached property with five bedrooms and three bathrooms located in a village outside York.

Living busy lives in a house they’d self-built from scratch on the outskirts of Leeds, Frankie Bickerdike and husband Jack began yearning for more space for themselves and their dogs. ‘We were working hard all day and then coming home to an urban environment, which was nice enough, but we started to think we wanted a different pace of life,’ says Frankie.