Charles Fox

'This place is of spell-binding beauty, but perhaps best of all is the setting, high above the banks of the River Tamar. On my first visit many years ago I espied from the terrace a distant folly perched on a cliff, and decided from that moment what an interesting picture it would be looking back at the house – something I was finally able to do by renting Swiss Chalet, as it is known, from the Landmark Trust.'