Classic With A Twist

Relaxing colours and vintage finds create warmth in Lisa Pender’s traditional Cotswolds home

The original shutters proved a deal-breaker for Lisa Pender and her partner Chris Gardiner when they first saw their Cotswolds home. The couple had had an offer accepted on another house, but something didn’t feel right. Once they visited this former Georgian rectory, they knew why. ‘As soon as we saw these beautiful windows with their original shutters, we realised that this was the house for us,’ Lisa explains.

It wasn’t just the windows of course; the 19th-century house had umpteen other persuasive features. The rectory had previously been divided into three properties, with Lisa and Chris’s section retaining the impressive frontage. There are high ceilings in the kitchen, sitting room and two bedrooms, and on the top floor the attic had been converted into another bedroom and bathroom.