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A gorgeous Berkshire house/castle-hybrid that inspired Thomas Hardy to write ‘Jude The Obscure’

Penny Churchill takes a look at Fawley Manor, a glorious 17th century house that’s come up for sale.

Occasionally at Country Life we come across a house where the lines are blurred between house, castle, stately home and museum; those places where cosy touches meet grand architecture, and where superb original features somehow co-exist happily with a place that’s clearly been beautifully kept.

And that’s very much the case in west Berkshire, where Alex Barton of

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