Books to read
Books to read
Books authored locally & which will give you a flavour of the area :
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
Running for the Hills by Horatio Clare
Resistance by Owen Sheers
A Crown of Light - Merrily Watkins by Phil Rickman
Never Learn to Type by Dame Margaret Anstee
Leap the Wild Water by Jenny LLoyd
Fly-fishing The Welsh Borderlands by Roger Smith
The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee
Eve Green by Susan Fletcher
The Claude Glass by Tom Bullough
Addlands by Tom Bullough
At the Bright Hem of God by Peter Conradie
Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Murray
The Prince's Pen by Horatio Clare
Books used for the work carried out at The Hymns
Where have all the Flowers gone by Charles Flower
Meadows by Christopher Lloyd
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
Source Book of suppliers & materials used at The Hymns (** indicates places to visit whilst you stay too!)
Coffee: Footprint Coffee roasted nearby
Hand sanitiser & soaps : ** Farmers Welsh Lavender
Fabric : Fermoie (designed by a Kington designer, now based in Wiltshire where the fabric is made too)
Fireside Fenders: Clockhouse Furniture
Art Work : **Flock Kington, Chiara de Cabarrus, Katharine Amies, Sophie Tute, www.radnorshireartists.com
Pictures : Kington Art Club (Kington), The Illustration Cupboard, **The Table Gallery, Hay
Picture Framing : **Borderlight / Brown Hen, New Radnor
Pottery : **James Burnett-Stuart, Kington
China : Brixton Pottery Presteigne
Furniture : **Richard Plaisant Kington
Stone surfaces: Allstone Presteigne
Landscape & Garden Design : Robert Myers Associates (Kington)
Landscape work : Streetscape
Birdtable: Amber Valley Birdtables, Derbyshire
Conservation building : Goodman Restoration, Lyonshall
Project Management : John Williams
Carpentry : Martin (Presteigne), Daren (Dolyhir)
Electrics & electrical goods : **Tom Bounds (Kington)
Lime & building materials : **Ty Mawr, Llangorse (near Brecon)
Ground source heat pump, solar thermal & grey water recycling : WDS Green Energy, Brecon & Cardiff
Solar photovoltaics : Greenearth Energy, Pontrilas
Woodburning stoves : **Clearview Stoves, Ludlow
AGA : AgaTwyford, Leominster
Re-upholstery : Thomas Clough Upholstery, Knighton
Soft furnishings : Jane in Kington, Jenny Lloyd, Llandegley
Gilder & Restorer : Paul Richards, Presteigne
Carpets : **Pennels, Kington
Fabric : **Home Stores (Presteigne), Stanway Fabrics (Shropshire), **Coach House Fabrics (Brobury), **Tinsmiths (Ledbury), Volga Linen (London)
Basins: English Salvage, Leominster
Lighting : **The Period House Shop, Ludlow
Wild Flower seeds : **J&P Turner in Kington & Charles Flower Wildflower Seeds
Plants : **Lyonshall Nurseries (Lyonshall), **J&P Turner (Kington), The Whimble Nursery (Kinnerton), Peter Nyssen Bulbs, Parkers, Sarah Raven
Books : Castle Hill Books, Kington
Soap etc : Myddfai
Energy : Goodenergy
Baskets : Mid Wales Willow
Books authored locally & which will give you a flavour of the area :
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
Running for the Hills by Horatio Clare
Resistance by Owen Sheers
A Crown of Light - Merrily Watkins by Phil Rickman
Never Learn to Type by Dame Margaret Anstee
Leap the Wild Water by Jenny LLoyd
Fly-fishing The Welsh Borderlands by Roger Smith
The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee
Eve Green by Susan Fletcher
The Claude Glass by Tom Bullough
Addlands by Tom Bullough
At the Bright Hem of God by Peter Conradie
Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Murray
The Prince's Pen by Horatio Clare
Books used for the work carried out at The Hymns
Where have all the Flowers gone by Charles Flower
Meadows by Christopher Lloyd
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
Source Book of suppliers & materials used at The Hymns (** indicates places to visit whilst you stay too!)
Coffee: Footprint Coffee roasted nearby
Hand sanitiser & soaps : ** Farmers Welsh Lavender
Fabric : Fermoie (designed by a Kington designer, now based in Wiltshire where the fabric is made too)
Fireside Fenders: Clockhouse Furniture
Art Work : **Flock Kington, Chiara de Cabarrus, Katharine Amies, Sophie Tute, www.radnorshireartists.com
Pictures : Kington Art Club (Kington), The Illustration Cupboard, **The Table Gallery, Hay
Picture Framing : **Borderlight / Brown Hen, New Radnor
Pottery : **James Burnett-Stuart, Kington
China : Brixton Pottery Presteigne
Furniture : **Richard Plaisant Kington
Stone surfaces: Allstone Presteigne
Landscape & Garden Design : Robert Myers Associates (Kington)
Landscape work : Streetscape
Birdtable: Amber Valley Birdtables, Derbyshire
Conservation building : Goodman Restoration, Lyonshall
Project Management : John Williams
Carpentry : Martin (Presteigne), Daren (Dolyhir)
Electrics & electrical goods : **Tom Bounds (Kington)
Lime & building materials : **Ty Mawr, Llangorse (near Brecon)
Ground source heat pump, solar thermal & grey water recycling : WDS Green Energy, Brecon & Cardiff
Solar photovoltaics : Greenearth Energy, Pontrilas
Woodburning stoves : **Clearview Stoves, Ludlow
AGA : AgaTwyford, Leominster
Re-upholstery : Thomas Clough Upholstery, Knighton
Soft furnishings : Jane in Kington, Jenny Lloyd, Llandegley
Gilder & Restorer : Paul Richards, Presteigne
Carpets : **Pennels, Kington
Fabric : **Home Stores (Presteigne), Stanway Fabrics (Shropshire), **Coach House Fabrics (Brobury), **Tinsmiths (Ledbury), Volga Linen (London)
Basins: English Salvage, Leominster
Lighting : **The Period House Shop, Ludlow
Wild Flower seeds : **J&P Turner in Kington & Charles Flower Wildflower Seeds
Plants : **Lyonshall Nurseries (Lyonshall), **J&P Turner (Kington), The Whimble Nursery (Kinnerton), Peter Nyssen Bulbs, Parkers, Sarah Raven
Books : Castle Hill Books, Kington
Soap etc : Myddfai
Energy : Goodenergy
Baskets : Mid Wales Willow
