In a rapidly changing world, a sense of continuity can be easily lost. However, for architectural heritage consultant Robyn Christie and her family, a picturesque eighteenth-century thatched cottage in a small Oxfordshire village has provided an anchor of stability, having passed from one generation to the next over the course of a 100 years.
‘With the blessing of my three siblings, my husband Peter and I decided to purchase the cottage and keep it in the family’ “My mother and her sister, Ruth, inherited the cottage from their aunt,” explains current owner and custodian, Robyn. “As my mother had moved to Australia, married and had four children, my aunt lived in the cottage, and we stayed with her on our regular trips to the UK. When I left school, I…
