An ancient gold ring thought to have inspired JRR Tolkien to write The Hobbit is on display at a Tudor house.

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Her mock Tudor house looked sound and seemed to be a bargain.

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In the couple's mock-Tudor house in Scarsdale, New York, which they share with their three kids, stalactites of peeling paint droop down from the kitchen ceiling, and linoleum curls up from the floor.

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In the couple's mock-Tudor house in Scarsdale, N.

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The mock-Tudor guest house is described on its website as "a beautiful English country home".

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Parts of the original structure were incorporated into the 11, 000-square-foot mansion built for the Herberts in the style of an English Tudor country house.

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The ranch, which includes a 12, 147-square-foot, Tudor-style main house, is owned by Tommy Ford, who runs a construction firm that builds facades of casinos and hotels, including Caesars Palace and the Venetian.

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In 1926 Loomis bought a huge, crumbling mock-Tudor mansion in Tuxedo Park called Tower House, where he set up the lab.

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The programme, presented by Penelope Keith and Flog It's Paul Martin, will show different rooms in the house restored to four distinct periods in the house's history - Tudor, Jacobean, Georgian and Victorian.

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In 1836, four stone towers, outbuildings and Tudor-style windows were added and the house became known as Killeavy Castle.

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