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with his wife, Mary. A change in fire legislation in 1991 meant that this was no longer possible, and the house was put up for sale again; Whiteside still owned the house in the late 1990s, when it was on sale for around £750,000 (1997) or £650,000 (1998). It was sold in 2000 to the musician
302:, a company trading tea and opium. The process was initially overseen by an architect named Mr Gray, but, around 1854, a Mr G. Mair took over. The Dents' business was based in Hong Kong, and the interiors of the house were originally designed to resemble those of houses at the
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left behind by his ancestors. These were subsequently sold for £220,000. Welsh attempted to furnish the house in its original style, and many original features, including paintings, remained in the 1990s. Some had been moved, including an antique bed held in the
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and her husband Paul Davies bought the property. The pair divorced, and, in 2012, it was discovered that the property had been used by a criminal gang for the
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