Pictures of Ben Bentreath's former parsonage home The house Built in 1820, the former parsonage stands on raised ground overlooking the church and Bride Valley. Ben Pentreath added the small, painted timber porch to the garden door to provide some shelter and a place to keep logs and garden tools. 'I decided not to renew the old render on the external walls because I like their worn, lichenencrusted surface,' he says. He replanted the herbaceous border, once riddled with ground elder, and is now growing climbing roses and honeysuckle on the walls. In his second year there, he created a large, south-west-facing vegetable garden. Picture: Simon Bevan