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The National Trust enthusiast has spent over 30 years building his own miniature stately home with every feature having been inspired by actual historic properties. Pictured: Jon peeks through the main door into the entrance hall

Small however absolutely formed: NT enthusiast, 42, spends over thirty years building his terribly own stately miniature home that he started once he was simply twelve
Jon Trenchard, from Forest Hill, South London, began the build when crafting one area mutually off project


But currently there ar eight rooms within the manse, named Hordle Castle, together with a good hall and cellar
Every feature has been created by hand and has been galvanized by real historic properties across the country
The NT enthusiast has spent over thirty years building his own miniature manse with each feature having been galvanized by actual historic properties. Pictured: Jon peeks through the most door into the doorway hall
A NT enthusiast has spent over thirty years building his terribly own miniature manse.

Jon Trenchard, from Forest Hill, South London, began constructing the epic model at the age of twelve when he and his father engineered one in all the rooms within the castle as a 1 off project.

But Jon presently determined that he failed to wish to simply stop there.
Jon Trenchard, from Forest Hill, South London, began constructing the epic model at the age of twelve when he and his father engineered one in all the rooms within the castle as a 1 off project

He determined that in his life he wished to create a complete castle within the kind of a NT property.

So far the skilled actor has engineered eight rooms as a part of the project that he has named Hordle Castle.

It boasts a shocking Turkish lavatory, a cellar, a chapel, a good hall, foyer, staircase, associate attic area, escape tunnel and its terribly own set of battlements.

Each and each feature of it's been galvanized by an area or item from associate actual historic properties and Jon says that he has spent thousands of hours elaborately crafting his creations.
The castle has its own well stocked with wine and brewage cellar that has hoards of soiled bottles and kegs

The castle's attic area is galvanized by the nursery at Kingston Lacy in Dorset and its way, that took over a year to finish, relies on it within the Jacobean manor Hatfield House in county.

The 42-year-old believes that has a minimum of a dozen additional rooms to finish and even needs to put in miniature traveller signs, ropes and a restaurant.

He believes that it may take him the remainder of his life to complete because it is barely around one third done at the instant.
Jon said: 'My friends suppose i am mad and to be honest i believe i am a touch balmy too.
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