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The Grade I Listed manor house and its sprawling estate, located near Hinwick, Bedfordshire, is on sale by only its third owner in 300 years and underwent a major restoration in 2014. ....
Maintaining an 800-year-old hotel like Ashford Castle has its challenges, but maintenance manager Kevin Devine takes it all in his stride. “It’s always a challenge because you could encounter anything at any time of day,” he says. “It’s such an old, historic castle but you’re mixing the modern with the old. Everything is so well designed.” Each part of the castle has its own features, whether it’s the 1970s wing or the West or Victorian Wing from the 1850s, where larger rooms and suites have high ceilings and gas fires, plus doors and windows listed for conservation. Each room has a different fabric on the wall that must be kept in perfect condition, with spare fabric rolls for all of the 60 or 70 different patterns. ....