NORTHERN EXPOSURE

WHEN Laura and Mark Stubbs first viewed a dilapidated 17th-century mill house and barn, it had been on the market for six years and the one-acre garden was so overgrown they couldn’t even access it. Having just developed a 1930s detached house, they were up for the challenge. ‘We knew we could transform it into something special but the vendors weren’t willing to negotiate on the price,’ says Laura. ‘In the end we loved the house so