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Talliston House & Gardens is an ex-council house in Essex, England that has been transformed by owner John Trevellian into a miniature palace. The house is located at Talliston, Newton Green, Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 1DU, United Kingdom. [1]

As a child, Trevellian always wanted to live in a castle and when he bought the house in 1990 [2] he set about turning it into his fantasy, [3] with thirteen detailed and themed rooms. [4]

In 2014, it was reported that due to financial difficulties Trevellian was going to have to sell the house that he had spent over £500,000 on, for £350,000, [5] but a public outcry resulted in substantial donations that allowed him to stay. [6] The house was opened to the public on 6 October 2015, exactly 25 years after work began. [2]

Talliston House & Gardens is featured in episode two of the Netflix show Amazing Interiors . [2]

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