He extended the mansion and developed it over the years, including a tower based on that designed by William Burges at Cardiff Castle.

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His father, John, was a woodcarver to the third Marquis of Bute and William assisted him with carvings at Cardiff Castle.

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The pieces were copied in the 1630s by William Deane, who was the organist for both Chirk Castle and the Wrexham Parish Church.

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The idea is to turn the home into a private movie theater like the ones that once were enjoyed only by such well-heeled tycoons as William Randolph Hearst , who famously had a cinema built into his castle at San Simeon.

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Other people honoured include Dad's Army star Arthur Lowe, who has a plaque in Hayfield, and William Barron of Borrowash - a 19th Century gardener who designed the gardens at Elvaston Castle.

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The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland had Carbisdale Castle built between 1907 and 1917 following the death of her husband, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the Third Duke of Sutherland.

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The performances come from high school pupils studying at Castle Rushen, Ballakermeen, Queen Elizabeth II, Ramsey Grammar, St Ninian's and King William's College.

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