Big enough to be spacious, small enough to be cosy and manageable, Glebe House might just be the perfectly sized country house says Penny Churchill.
Some country houses can be a daunting prospect. Unruly gardens that have been largely neglected for decades; vast swathes of land whose management could easily be a full-time job; crumbling bricks and mortar that must be repaired in line with listed-building regulations; and of course the phrase to send a chill through the…