For sale: the ultimate doer-upper
The outside of Kimnel Hall Credit: ROGER RICHARDS Sitting on the fringes of Snowdonia National Park is a grand house that is reminiscent of the Palace of Versailles. Kinmel Hall, a Grade I listed mansion, was built in 1874 for the Hughes copper mining family. It was modelled after the French royals’ home. Designed by renowned Victorian architect William E Nesfield as a “calendar house”, it has 365 windows and 12 entrances. But the 80,000 sq ft property fell into disrepair, and has been derelict since 1999. Before then it was a private home, until 1929, and then was used as a hospita...
Source: telegraph.co.uk