Not one of the tourists or students walking along the tree-lined street could have any idea that behind the grey stone house lies a garden that is untouched in size since medieval times and has been restored by introducing and retaining many of the features we associate with that period.

Tall stone walls surround an orchard, a wild flower meadow, square beds overflowing with shrub roses, under planted with geraniums and herbs. There is also a dovecot, which has been transformed into an elegant sitting room with a gas fire for cool nights.

‘The garden is a medieval long rigg which is a strip of land that runs from behind the houses in a street to the next street,’ explains June Baxter, who rose enthusiastically to the challenge of garde

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