Netherby Hall, Cumbria — the home of Gerald and Margo Smith — is a house built on the site of a Roman fort, and evokes two periods of the distant past. John Martin Robinson reports on the recent revival of the building, including the award-winning restoration of its stables.
Netherby looks like a Scottish house, which is no coincidence. It is situated in the Solway Mosses, the ‘Debateable Lands’, between the kingdoms of Scotland and England. The division…