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AMBRICE MILLER AND BEN JOYCE HAVE RESTORED CHARACTER AND GRANDEUR TO THEIR 17TH-CENTURY COUNTRY HOME, CREATING THE PERFECT BACKDROP FOR THEIR TREASURED COLLECTIONS

FEATURE CARRIE MITCHELL AND IFEOLUWA ADEDEJI

HOME NOTES WHO LIVES HERE? Ambrice Miller, an antiques dealer and interior designer, lives here with her husband Ben Joyce, a pensions actuary, their two-year-old son Hendrix, and their two dogs. THE PROPERTY A six-bedroom Grade II-listed 17th-century former malt master’s house in Suffolk. alabama-born Ambrice Miller fell in love with England when she first visited at the age of 20 so it was no surprise that she leapt at the opportunity to return for work a few years later. After meeting husband-to-be Ben Joyce, the couple rented a flat in north London. However, when the landlord decided to sell up, they began to search for a home of their own in the countryside. WHY DID YOU BUY THIS HOUSE? ‘While driving back from a viewing in Somerset, we were sent the details for this property, a…

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