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Pleas to save historic ‘Versailles of Wales’ before it falls into ruin

Campaigners will ‘shame’ mansion’s offshore owners into fully restoring national treasure or selling it on

A vast architectural gem, often nicknamed “the Welsh Versailles”, is crumbling into ruin, despite its Grade-I heritage status and several unique claims to fame, much to the distress of the building’s many fans.

Now the sad state of Kinmel Hall, a mansion near Rhyl in Conwy and the largest surviving country house in Wales, has prompted the launch of a campaign to shame its owners, a property company based in the British Virgin Islands, into either explaining their intentions, fully restoring it or selling it on.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3uHr8Y0

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