The Red House has four bedrooms, a dining room that seats 15, refurbished fabulous kitchen and period features such as the stone minster fireplace, tracery windows, plus stripped and polished floorboards.

Surprisingly, Julie says she now wants to move somewhere modern, such as a Sixties architect-designed house where she can “do things”: “I’d quite like to knock down walls in the next house. I’ve never lived anywhere you can do that, this is actually the most modern house I have ever lived in.”

While Julie may be downsizing and de-cluttering there is no question of retiring.

“Never. I shall become a grumpy 96-year-old woman in a bathchair but I will still be working,” she laughs.

• INFORMATION: The Red House is on the market for £825,000 with agent Fine Country: fineandcountry.com/01753 255 555) .