‘I had always wanted to write, and when my husband told me about its previous occupants, an incredible tale of love, betrayal and greed, it seemed the perfect material for a novel.’Ĭaroline’s book Burnt Norton reminds me of Daphne du Maurier’s historical romance Frenchman’s Creek, except that it is ‘faction’ – some of the events depicted really happened. ‘I loved it from the moment I saw it, it was so romantic,’ says Caroline, who has lived at Burnt Norton, parts of which date back to the 16th century, for 15 years. Caroline is married to Conroy, a chartered surveyor who became the 8th Earl of Harrowby on the death of his father last year the house has been in his family for 260 years. Now the current lady of the manor Caroline Sandon, a former model turned interior designer, has brought the story of this house, and how it got its name, to life in a novel.
In Burnt Norton, one of the great poems of the 20th century, he reflects on the passing of time and the loss of innocence. In September 1934, Eliot, who was visiting a friend in the area, wandered off the road and into the neglected gardens of the then unoccupied house, and the air of decay had a profound effect on him. Richard Dennen meets the writer – and lady of the manor – Caroline Sandonīehind Burnt Norton, a charming 17th-century manor house set between Chipping Campden and Broadway on the Cotswold escarpment, lies the garden that inspired T S Eliot’s famous poem from his Four Quartets. 'Keyt ran off with his mistress and embezzled his sons' inheritance in order to build a huge baroque mansion, and then burnt it down - well, you have to write a book about it, don't you?'
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