Non Morris visits the gardens of High Moss, the home of Mr Peter Hughes QC and his wife, Christine, in Portinscale, Cumbria, and finds much-loved, historically fascinating garden which has been imaginatively brought back to life.
High Moss, an imposing white block of a house with a distinctive double gabled roof, looms splendidly at the very top of its steeply terraced garden. From the south-facing back of the house there are exhilarating 180˚ views out to craggy…