Smoldering vs. Sparkling

A quote from Robert Sackville-West (from British House & Gardens, June 2010) regarding the style of Knole, his family’s ancestral home: “During two years of total immersion in the place, I have come to realise that whatever you do, you have to respect-and not fight against-that feel Knole has of fading magnificence, that magic which smolders (...)