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    Six of the best CASTLE STAYS

    Nov 23, 2021 2 minutes
    by Rhiannon Batten

    Thornemead, Somerset

    ithin walking distance of the beach at Weston-super-Mare, this 240-year-old Gothic castle is home to a wood-panelled dining room, a library lined with curved oak bookcases and a billiards room whose intricate, green 1840s wallpaper was designed by none other than Augustus Pugin (and also hangs in the Palace of Westminster). Built in 1805, and restored with help from English Heritage following

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