Our story
A house, restored slowly
How an empty townhouse became twelve rooms, a kitchen and a garden worth staying for.
Since 1680
We didn’t want to make the house new. We wanted it to feel as if it had simply been looked after. Most of what you see is original; the rest was made nearby.
1680
Built for a silk merchant
Three storeys around a courtyard, with a stable wing and a garden running down to the lane.
2013
Empty, but standing
After eleven years empty, the roof leaked and the garden had gone wild, but the floors and beams were sound.
2017
Four years of restoration
Local builders, lime plaster and as much of the old timber as we could save. The fig tree survived it all.
Today
Twelve rooms and a long table
A small team, most of whom live within walking distance, and a house that’s full most weekends.
“The house was here long before us. We’re looking after it for a while.”
Stay a while longer.
Auren
Twelve rooms in the old town.
Street address, Old Town
stay@auren.example
000 0000 0000
Letters from the house, four a year.
© Auren House (sample)
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