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Joanne Ridout

The 18-year epic renovation project by Griff Rhys Jones that turned a derelict farm into dream properties

It's always dangerous pausing in front of an estate agent's window, you might spot something that captures your heart and turns your world upside down, potentially for many years.

Cardiff-born presenter, comedian and heritage conservationist Griff Rhys Jones went for a stroll through Fishguard back in 2004 and, shortly afterwards, was the owner of the Trehilyan estate - a collection of rundown and derelict stone properties that was once a working Pembrokeshire farm.

Years of pummelling by wild winter weather storming in from the Atlantic coast near Strumble Head had battered the buildings into such a derelict state that surely most people would have consigned them to death thinking they were beyond saving - but Griff is not most people.

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