Kinmel Hall, near Rhyl, north Wales Also known as the ‘Welsh Versailles’ or ‘discount Downton’, Kinmel was built in the 1870s by Hugh Robert Hughes, nicknamed HRH for his ostentatious lifestyle: the house had 52 bedrooms, accommodation for 60 servants, and one room kept just for ironing the newspapers. It hasn’t been a family home since 1929, and plans to restore it as a hotel have not been realised