A Polite Request

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A Private View: an artist couple reflect on their rare riverside retreat

Over their 40 years at Ballast Quay, Michael Graham-Smith and his wife, Pauline, have had time to take root. They have filled the house with a formidable collection of fascinating finds, from textiles and art (not least made by the pair themselves) to shells and shards of pottery mudlarked from the River Thames, which runs just in front of the house. Now for sale, they tell Inigo about what has shaped their home – and the singular beauty of the river at tide-turning time

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words: Sophie Sims
photography: Kristy Noble

A Private View: an artist couple reflect on their rare riverside retreat

Ballast Quay, London SE10

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