Real Homes: an antique dealer's country house

Relocating to a house and farm buildings in rural Hampshire six years ago, the antique dealer and decorator Max Rollitt and his wife, movement therapist Jane Watson, have created a relaxed base for their family and their work

Max Rollitt's earliest memory of a lane that wends its way through Avington beside the wide ribbon of the River Itchen is trudging along it as a Boy Scout about 40 years ago. 'We stopped near the farm and ate some nasty beef sausages,' he says. More recently, he would regularly cycle along the route on the nine-mile ride from his townhouse in Winchester to his antique shop in The Old  Telephone Exchange in Alresford. Six years ago, he and his wife Jane Watson and their three sons - Edward, now 17, Alfie, 15, and William, 12 - moved from Winchester to live on this lane, in a neat brick and flint farmhouse. 

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  • Bench in the kitchen

    Bench in the kitchen

  • The Morning Room

    The Morning Room

  • Ginny in the kitchen

    Ginny in the kitchen

  • Kitchen

    Kitchen

  • The Exterior

    The Exterior

  • The Morning Room

    The Morning Room

  • Lamp in the morning room

    Lamp in the morning room

  • The Sitting Room

    The Sitting Room

  • Fireplace

    Fireplace

  • The Staircase

    The Staircase

  • The Bedroom

    The Bedroom

  • The Garden

    The Garden

  • The Showroom

    The Showroom

  • The Showroom

    The Showroom

  • Side Table

    Side Table

  • Jane

    Jane's Studio



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