The Secret GARDEN
In the North Yorkshire market town of Richmond is a hidden garden, a haven of tranquillity and beauty that’s tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the market place. The only indication of its presence off a street of Georgian townhouses, is a French grey door with a simple ‘Garden Open’ sign attached to it, which beckons you inside. “We loved that it was completely hidden from the street. All the time that I’d been living in Richmond I’d never known it was there,” says Austin Lynch, who bought Millgate House with his partner Tim Culkin in 1979, moving in the following spring.
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