Stopping at the edge of the wood, they peered at what had once been a pretty if overgrown garden and an idyllically sited house.

We walked a few streets to a little two-storey house surrounded by an overgrown garden.

Beyond the buildings were five acres of overgrown garden and meadow.

We sat in the leafy, overgrown garden, where wild herbs and flowers spiced the air and the mismatched tables were topped with salvaged mosaic tiles.

The pristine, overgrown garden had sat empty for decades.