Alveston Manor Hotel has cut rates by almost half to attract customers.

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Andrew Gunn, from Bishopsteignton, worked at the village's Cockhaven Manor Hotel.

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Andrew Stembridge, managing director of Chewton Glen, a manor hotel nestled in England's Hampshire countryside, says he's had visitors unscrew all types of furnishings, including the big bottles of Molton Brown lotion affixed to the spa's walls.

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Sir Terry, who was born in Newport and raised in Newbridge, made his fortune in the telecoms industry and helped secure golf's 2010 Ryder Cup to the Celtic Manor, the hotel resort which he developed in his home city.

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On the outskirts of Nairobi among 140 acres of indigenous forest sits Giraffe Manor, an intimate 10-room hotel that also happens to be a sanctuary to warthogs, bushbucks, dik-diks, more than 180 species of birds and 14 rare Rothschild giraffes (including five babies).

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In 2007 Wymering Manor was granted permission for use as a hotel but any buyer would need listed building consent in addition to planning permission for any alterations, extensions or demolition works to its interior or exterior.

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Another Potterish touch: Much of the hotel furniture and decoration is an exact replica of an original design from a European castle or manor house, including the full suit of armor and two massive Italian leather chests that bedeck Mt.

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