Ben pentreath

So – you’ve either bought, inherited, begged, borrowed (or stolen) the idyllic, best-of-both-worlds urban cottage we all dream of living in. But now you have your hands on it, how should you treat the interiors?

September 29, 2024It is hard to pigeonhole Ben Pentreath, frequently described as the go-to architectural and interior designer of the British royal family. Yes, he has worked on several urban-development projects with King Charles, including a park-and-ride system in Truro, Cornwall, and a newly developed, classically styled town called Poundbury, in Dorset, which will eventually […]

Get to know the English architect-decorator behind rooms for royals and a smart London shop

Decorating tips from Ben Pentreath, the purveyor of the new English country house style.

This house is more of a cottage – with tiny rooms and a wonderful, diminutive scale – in a fabulous terrace of listed early Georgian houses on the edge of Highgate, then just a small country village now consumed into London. Our clients are a young family who had lived in the house for a […]

The renovations of Ince Castle, a manor house built in the mid-1600s on the rugged shores of Cornwall, in southwest England, were going to be extensive. But then its new owners, a London-based South African couple with two young boys, began spending weekends at this storied estate and realized they were actually happy with many of the things they’d thought about altering. “We had all these grand ideas, and drew up plans,” says one of the homeowners. “Then we arrived at the conclusion that we…

In his new book, British designer Ben Pentreath shares his tips for a natural and easygoing home inspired by classic Cotswold style

Ben Pentreath on Instagram: “Two views of the kitchen we decorated at beautiful baroque Chettle House, in Dorset, as featured in the World of Interiors bumper October…”

Decorating tips from Ben Pentreath, the purveyor of the new English country house style.

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