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-Tonight, we visit Plas Penglais...

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-..the home of generations of

-Aberystwyth University Principals.

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-We will also see

-a terraced house in central Cardiff.

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-This is a small house

-with big ideas!

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-First, we'll take a look at

-an ambitious project in Dolgellau.

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-Welcome to 04Wal.

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-Many people fall in love with

-the houses in the Dolgellau area.

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-That's exactly what happened

-to Rhys and Sarah Gwynn...

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-..when they found Troed y Gader.

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-This is a labour of love.

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-We'd been house hunting

-for two years...

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-..but we couldn't find anything we

-liked which was within our budget.

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-We heard this house was for sale...

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-..and we approached the owners

-immediately.

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-It was in reasonably good condition.

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-We'd already decided

-what our aims and our plans were...

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-..and we wanted to do as much work

-as possible.

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-Did you realise it would entail

-so much work when you started?

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-We thought it would take two years,

-not six years!

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-We can see

-light at the end of the tunnel.

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-The manual labour has been done.

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-It's now a matter of putting

-everything back together again.

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-Here we are, in the back room.

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-It's great to see a lovely fire

-in a room like this.

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-I'll warm my bottom here!

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-It's cold outside.

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-There's a wooden beam

-above the fire.

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-It was actually cut from

-a tree which grew in the garden.

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-It's a huge chunk of wood!

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-At least a foot and a half deep.

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-A spiral staircase

-will be inserted into this space.

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-The staircase

-will lead to the first floor.

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-Walk through the gap

-and you'll reach the hallway.

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-This is the utility room...

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-..and this kitchen

-is the work of the DIY SOS team.

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-Wonderful.

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-Whose idea was it to invite DIY SOS

-to give you a kitchen?

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-It was my idea.

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-I was watching the programme

-around three years ago.

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-It was a very windy, cold night.

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-I decided there and then

-to write to them.

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-I had hoped they'd offer to do more

-but they only did one room!

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-They did a tremendous amount of work

-in three days, fair play.

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-What will this room be,

-when it's finished?

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-This will be the master bedroom.

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-It was two rooms, originally.

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-Knocking two rooms into one

-let in much more light.

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-This will be a pleasant room.

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-The sun shines through this window

-during the day...

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-..and we can see the sunset

-through the other window.

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-We want to use warm colours

-in this room, to compliment the sun.

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-You've lived in a matchbox

-for three years!

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-You'll be rattling in this house.

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-You'll be rattling in this house.

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-It will be wonderful

-to have lots of space!

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-It will be wonderful

-to have lots of space!

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-Won't you huddle together

-in one room, like a pack of huskies?

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-We'll snuggle up

-in front of the fire, downstairs...

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-..and the children will be up here.

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-What will you do with this caravan,

-when you've moved in?

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-We'll burn it!

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-We're not sure

-what we'll do with it.

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-We'll get rid of it,

-that's for sure!

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-It may be useful for the children.

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-It may be useful for the children.

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-No - we're getting rid of it!

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-Cris Dafis bought

-an ordinary, terraced house...

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-..as a blank canvas

-for his imagination and his ideas.

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-You know what you're getting

-when you buy a house like this.

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-I wanted a house

-that needed work done to it.

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-In fact, it would have been easier

-if I'd bought a ruin!

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-Work had been done to it

-and that made things harder for me.

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-I wanted to knock down walls

-and create an open space.

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-I wanted fewer rooms in the house.

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-That was my aim.

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-I live alone...

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-..so I wanted a space,

-rather than lots of rooms.

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-I decided I wanted the entire house

-to be one colour.

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-It was a tossup

-between white and cream.

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-I chose white

-because it looks clean.

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-This is the lounge.

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-This is the cloak room!

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-It's very musical.

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-You can either hang your clothes

-on these hangers...

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-..or play them, like triangles!

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-This is all that remains

-of the wall...

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-..which separated

-the front room and the middle room.

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-Thank goodness it's there,

-or the roof would collapse!

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-The kitchen is this way.

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-This extended kitchen is not only

-a wonderfully open, clean space...

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-..but it also draws your attention

-outside, to the garden.

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-The tiles

-are laid in straight lines...

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-..which continue outside the window.

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-Something as negative

-as a long, narrow garden...

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-..seems to suck you outside,

-as though you were in a vortex!

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-Did you design this kitchen, Cris?

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-No, an architect drew up the plans

-for this section of the house.

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-I knew the kind of thing I wanted...

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-..but I needed an expert to decide

-on the measurements and the details.

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-That was taken out of my hands.

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-I knew I wanted a large window which

-would be a glass wall, in essence.

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-I told the architect I wanted it to

-be light and he drew up the plans.

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-You have a glass wall

-over there...

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-..and the windows in the roof

-let in even more light.

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-The architect

-added that row of windows.

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-They aren't real windows,

-because they don't open.

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-They create a stunning effect

-in mid-morning...

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-..when the shadows of the lamps

-hit the wall.

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-This is a kitchen

-but it doesn't look like a kitchen!

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-The kettle, microwave and cooker

-make it look like a kitchen!

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-I wanted to conceal

-the freezer and the fridge.

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-I don't waste an inch of space

-in this house.

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-I use every square foot

-of this house.

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-There is no wastage.

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-This is the bathroom.

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-This is the master bedroom.

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-The only bedroom, in fact.

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-What better way to conceal

-odds and ends in a bedroom...

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-..than put a blind in front of them?

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-There's another one, over here.

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-These aren't traditional

-bedroom odds and ends!

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-People usually make houses bigger

-when they build an extension...

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-..but you've made it smaller!

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-You've done away with one bedroom.

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-You've done away with one bedroom.

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-Yes, but I haven't done away

-with any space.

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-Yes, but you have fewer rooms.

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-Yes, but you have fewer rooms.

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-That's true.

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-That's true.

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-I didn't need a second bedroom.

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-I needed some office space.

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-I don't like having guests stay over

-and this was a perfect excuse!

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-Don't you worry people will think

-you're Billy No Mates?

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-No!

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-I spend more time here at night

-than during the day...

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-..because I'm out working.

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-The way the house looked at night

-was important to me.

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-We spent a lot of time

-deciding how to stage the lighting.

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-What do the neighbours think of it?

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-What do the neighbours think of it?

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-The lady who lives next door but one

-came here and she loves it.

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-She said, "It's lovely! It's like

-a spaceship!" about the kitchen.

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-"It's a pity you can't move it

-to somewhere nice!"

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-I've created something

-that's relatively radical...

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-..but it isn't quite radical enough

-for me.

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-I'm not exactly sure

-how I'd do it...

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-..but I want to be far more extreme

-in my next house!

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-Plas Penglais is the home of the

-Principal of Aberystwyth University.

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-The house goes with the job...

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-..and Derec Llwyd Morgan

-is about to retire.

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-He invited us here to see the house

-before he has to vacate it.

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-We really took to this house.

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-To the manor born!

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-It's a cosy house.

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-It may be big but we make use

-of every single room.

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-We've grown to love it

-and yes, we'll miss it.

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-There's already a lump in my throat

-when I think of leaving this house.

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-We were both

-raised in small, terraced houses.

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-When we moved

-to this large, luxurious house...

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-..we thought all our visitors

-would expect us to be very grand!

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-I never thought I could live up to

-people's expectations...

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-..of the principal's wife!

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-Jane wasn't keen to move here.

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-It wasn't in a state of disrepair...

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-..but no work had been done to it

-for 25 years.

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-The college decorated it

-from top to bottom, fair play.

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-There was a price to pay.

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-We have lots of house guests

-and dinner guests.

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-It's a public and a private house.

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-I was hesitant because

-I loved the house we'd built...

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-..and the prospect of living here

-made me nervous.

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-There was a farmhouse here in 1770.

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-It remained in the same family until

-the end of the Second World War.

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-The Richardes family.

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-This place was called The Mansion.

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-There were plans to move the

-old college from the sea front...

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-..up here, to the hillside.

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-Mrs Richardes lived here in 1946.

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-Legend has it she argued

-with her son one Friday...

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-..and she instructed her solicitor

-to sell the house and the land.

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-The treasurer presented

-the principal with a blank cheque...

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-..and he bought it.

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-That's how the college acquired it.

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-This is the hall.

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-You chose rich colours, didn't you?

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-Yes, they're warm colours.

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-The terracotta is a lighter shade.

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-There are two colours here.

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-It's more pink

-towards the dining room.

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-Kevin Burgess

-helped me choose the colours.

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-The walls were all painted a

-magnolia colour before we moved in.

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-All the way to the top floor.

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-It was like the road to heaven

-and it seemed neverending.

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-I wanted to break up the magnolia

-but I needed advice.

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-Kevin

-showed a picture by Titian to me...

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-..and we chose the main colours

-for the house from that painting.

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-Tell me about these hens, Jane.

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-We were on holiday in Capetown and

-we were driving through Newlands...

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-..when we saw a man on the roadside,

-selling these hens.

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-I asked Derec to stop the car and

-let me go and buy a couple of them.

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-They're pretty

-and their eyes are very lifelike.

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-They eye you suspiciously,

-just like real hens!

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-They're great

-fun and they're very colourful.

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-My young grandson

-usually sleeps in this room.

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-The workmen describe this

-as The Prince of Wales's Room.

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-This is where Prince Charles slept

-when he stayed here.

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-Gareth Owen was the principal,

-back then.

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-Did you choose the wallpaper?

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-Did you choose the wallpaper?

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-No, Kevin chose this.

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-I didn't like it because I thought

-the pattern was too intricate.

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-It's grown on me.

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-The colours are very subdued.

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-The colours are very subdued.

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-Yes, that's right.

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-It's wonderful to sit on the bed

-and look out to sea.

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-I haven't slept in this room.

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-Now's your chance, Jane!

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-I hope you filmed that!

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-Which of the wallpapers on the walls

-of this house is your favourite?

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-Well, I'm fond of

-the William Morris wallpaper.

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-There are two studies,

-next door to each other.

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-This is Derec's study.

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-He loves literature

-and the shelves are full of books.

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-It's a little bit dark,

-as there's only one window in here.

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-Jane's study

-couldn't be more different!

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-It's much more luxurious.

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-There's a huge sofa in here...

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-..and light floods in

-through the three windows.

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-It's more of a parlour than a study.

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-It's quintessentially Welsh.

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-Somewhere to come and eat cake!

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-There are works of art on the wall

-even here, on the back staircase.

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-There's more than one piece

-of Kyffin's work here.

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-This is the rear bathroom.

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-It's got a lovely shower.

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-You won't be bored in here.

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-There are pictures of famous

-people to keep you entertained!

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-There are pictures of famous

-people to keep you entertained!

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-This is Derec

-and that's Saunders Lewis.

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-This is Derec

-and that's Saunders Lewis.

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-Clinique for Men.

-Say no more!

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-We're back in the rear hallway.

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-The main body of the house

-is that way.

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-There's Designers' Guild wallpaper

-on the breakfast room walls.

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-Jane's hats and handbags collection

-is on display in here.

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-The kitchen is through here.

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-Derec and Jane

-had this window put in here.

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-I'm sure it made a huge difference

-to this room.

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-This is the dining room.

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-How much official entertaining

-must you do, as part of Derec's job?

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-We had to do a huge amount

-in the early days.

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-We hosted two dinners a week.

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-Are you a keen cook yourself, Jane?

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-Are you a keen cook yourself, Jane?

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-Well, I don't cook for our guests.

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-I'm a nervous wreck, as it is,

-never mind having to cook for them!

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-The wonderful chefs from Pen y Bryn

-come here to prepare the food.

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-Our guests always enjoy the food

-and they also enjoy the occasion.

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-It's all in a day's work for us

-but it's an occasion for them.

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-You can't ask them to leave, then,

-I take it?

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-I try not to yawn, unlike Mrs Blair!

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-The conversation tends to peter out!

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-How much use do you make

-of the very large room?

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-We only use it for receptions.

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-People from all over the world

-see that room...

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-..and it makes

-the right impression.

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-That's exactly

-what it's meant to do.

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-It's a luxurious room

-and it serves its purpose well.

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-Much of the furniture in that room

-belongs to the college.

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-Yes, almost everything in there.

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-Yes, almost everything in there.

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-Yes, apart from a pair of chairs

-we bought in a sale, many moons ago.

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-The huge rug

-is the centrepiece of that room.

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-It was specially commissioned

-for that room.

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-It's a modern rug,

-in an 18th century house...

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-..but it's taken its place

-perfectly.

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-We've told ourselves all along

-that we are merely caretakers.

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-We knew full well

-our stay here would be temporary.

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-This is a small town and I don't

-want to be in my successor's shadow.

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-My successor doesn't want to be

-in my shadow, either.

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-It wouldn't be fair on anyone if we

-were here when he or she arrives.

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-What sort of house

-do you plan to buy?

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-We've already bought a house but

-work hasn't commenced on it, yet.

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-It's a ranch,

-in the middle of Anglesey!

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-He fell in love with it

-but I didn't.

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-It took me a long time

-to take to it.

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-Well, Jane, you can rent somewhere

-if you don't love it!

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-I'll apply for

-the housekeeper's job here!

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