Raymond Blanc first laid eyes on the 15th-century manor house that would become Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in 1983, while perusing a copy of Country Life. Having recently won a second Michelin ...

was begun in the mid 15th century and was finally completed in 1610. It has been little altered since then, providing one of the finest examples of a timber-framed, moated manor house in England.