BARRINGTON HOUSE
Barrington House S
arah smither looks around her beautifully converted kitchen in Barrington House, just off
The Glasshouse
Dartmouth’s Mount Boone, and smiles. “We spent nearly five years restoring and remodelling the house, so it’s wonderful to be in and settled,” she said. She, her husband Rupert and their three children now have their dream home – which is also their perfect business too. “We wanted it to be somewhere we could settle for a long time after moving around the world with Rupert’s job,” she said. “We now have a place we can be happy and somewhere that is our way of earning a living – it’s the best of both worlds.” Sarah first came to Dartmouth in the 1970s when her parents bought a house on Crowther’s Hill. She spent most of her holidays there and made many friends sailing on the Dart. She loved the place so much that she introduced Rupert to the town when they first met and the couple was married at St Petrox Church in 1995. Both Sarah and Rupert built successful
careers in London – Rupert as a Gas Trader and Sarah in personnel working for top companies such as Harrods and virgin. Then in 2001 Rupert’s career took the
family abroad. Both wanted to keep a base in Britain and their thoughts naturally turned to the South West town where they had shared their happiest day. “Rupert found Barrington House and spent a long time trying to convince me to buy!” laughs Sarah, “He could see the potential, and once I’d thought about it I could too. There was a lot to do! In the first instance, Rupert’s Dad and step mum ran the house as a B and B, very successfully.” Then, five years ago, after many years
pondering, the time came to start work. The B and B shut and the build began – but it was not a smooth ride. “There was just so much work to be
done,” said Sarah. “We had to start again in the Penthouse and basically rebuild the roof. Although the house looked fine, and it was, once we started work there was so much more we needed to do.”
Before the rennovation
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