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Developer spends 30 years transforming £13,500 bungalow into £4m Venetian palace

  • <p>Trevor Wynne-Jones has spent 30 years transforming the site of an old bungalow into a magical mix of Venetian palace and medieval castle. </p>
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    Intricate design

    Trevor Wynne-Jones has spent 30 years transforming the site of an old bungalow into a magical mix of Venetian palace and medieval castle.

  • <p>The property that once stood in Wraysbury near Windsor, cost Wynne-Jones £13,500 – the home that occupies the same spot is going on the market for £4 million. </p>
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    Garden of delights

    The property that once stood in Wraysbury near Windsor, cost Wynne-Jones £13,500 – the home that occupies the same spot is going on the market for £4 million.

  • <p>Wynne-Jones knocked down the original bungalow and built a new home on the site. He began his major building project in the 1980s. </p>
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    Pillars

    Wynne-Jones knocked down the original bungalow and built a new home on the site. He began his major building project in the 1980s.

  • <p>It also has a sanctuary with ceiling and fireplace inspired by Windsor Castle. On either side are two vast thrones. </p>
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    Ornate ceiling

    It also has a sanctuary with ceiling and fireplace inspired by Windsor Castle. On either side are two vast thrones.

  • <p>The fairytale master bedroom has a mural which recreates John William Waterhouse’s depiction of the Greek myth of Hylas and the Nymphs. </p>
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    Polished

    The fairytale master bedroom has a mural which recreates John William Waterhouse’s depiction of the Greek myth of Hylas and the Nymphs.

  • <p>The gardens have been extensively developed, including installing this sunken garden, complete with mosiac-style tiled floor, modelled on Tintern Abbey, in Chepstow. </p>
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    Sunken garden

    The gardens have been extensively developed, including installing this sunken garden, complete with mosiac-style tiled floor, modelled on Tintern Abbey, in Chepstow.

  • <p>The grounds of the ‘Dutch Gardens’ are framed by ‘ruins’ inspired by Tintern Abbey, with roofless walls and archways. </p>
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    Water features

    The grounds of the ‘Dutch Gardens’ are framed by ‘ruins’ inspired by Tintern Abbey, with roofless walls and archways.

  • <p>Walls around the home, which has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and four reception rooms, are covered in Renaissance-style frescoes. </p>
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    Labour of love

    Walls around the home, which has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and four reception rooms, are covered in Renaissance-style frescoes.

  • <p>The 81-year-old Wynne-Jones said he started the project in the 1980s as he is a “romantic” who “likes beautiful things”. </p>
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    Attention to detail

    The 81-year-old Wynne-Jones said he started the project in the 1980s as he is a “romantic” who “likes beautiful things”.

  • <p>The gardens include koi carp pools, waterfalls and a stone folly with arched windows, again a nod to the abbey. </p>
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    Arched windows

    The gardens include koi carp pools, waterfalls and a stone folly with arched windows, again a nod to the abbey.

  • <p>There is still some evidence of the older house that was built on the site of the bungalow. (All pictures: Waterview/Dexters/SWNS.com) </p>
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    Sun terrace

    There is still some evidence of the older house that was built on the site of the bungalow. (All pictures: Waterview/Dexters/SWNS.com)

<p>Trevor Wynne-Jones has spent 30 years transforming the site of an old bungalow into a magical mix of Venetian palace and medieval castle. </p>
<p>The property that once stood in Wraysbury near Windsor, cost Wynne-Jones £13,500 – the home that occupies the same spot is going on the market for £4 million. </p>
<p>Wynne-Jones knocked down the original bungalow and built a new home on the site. He began his major building project in the 1980s. </p>
<p>It also has a sanctuary with ceiling and fireplace inspired by Windsor Castle. On either side are two vast thrones. </p>
<p>The fairytale master bedroom has a mural which recreates John William Waterhouse’s depiction of the Greek myth of Hylas and the Nymphs. </p>
<p>The gardens have been extensively developed, including installing this sunken garden, complete with mosiac-style tiled floor, modelled on Tintern Abbey, in Chepstow. </p>
<p>The grounds of the ‘Dutch Gardens’ are framed by ‘ruins’ inspired by Tintern Abbey, with roofless walls and archways. </p>
<p>Walls around the home, which has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and four reception rooms, are covered in Renaissance-style frescoes. </p>
<p>The 81-year-old Wynne-Jones said he started the project in the 1980s as he is a “romantic” who “likes beautiful things”. </p>
<p>The gardens include koi carp pools, waterfalls and a stone folly with arched windows, again a nod to the abbey. </p>
<p>There is still some evidence of the older house that was built on the site of the bungalow. (All pictures: Waterview/Dexters/SWNS.com) </p>
Mark Dorman

A property developer has spent the last 30 years transforming his home into a Venetian-style palace.

Trevor Wynne-Jones, 81, bought a bungalow near Staines, Surrey for £13,500 in 1966 and immediately demolished it, building a new home in its place.

It wasn’t until the 1980s that his imagination began to run wild and he embarked on this remarkable project, which has now gone on the market for £4 million.