The Vicarage, Congresbury, Somerset
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Edwardian Interior (c. 1907) by Harold Gilman (English artist, lived 1876–1919). Display caption: 'This picture shows the drawing room of the Rectory at Snargate, in Romney Marsh, where Gilman's father was the vicar. The girl is the artist's youngest sister, Irene.'

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@Dave42W yes, in a large poorly-insulated home you don't have many options but to reduce temperatures as far as you safely can. But there is a point at which asking a boiler to give short periods of high output is less efficient than trickling heat at a low temperature. It's complicated, and every home is different.

I'm thankful to be using around a fifth of what I consumed in the 1950s #vicarage that I left. (And around 10% of the huge Victorian vicarage of a previous parish).