From Elswyth, a record of how winter’s quiet gestures – warmth, spice, memory – settle into place.
A small copper pan simmered quietly on the range at Coleton Fishacre, filling the kitchen with the soft warmth of citrus and spice. The pared lemons, darkened with heat, sat alongside a single cinnamon stick – simple ingredients carrying the whole atmosphere of winter. In the stillness of the room, it felt like a fragment of the estate’s 1920s Christmas brought to life through scent alone.
We arrived to the sounds of the Charleston and the aromas of winter spices amid a 1920s-style Christmas celebration of the estate’s 100th anniversary.
Words and images © Kate Coldrick – part of the Elswyth collection.
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