Stradey Castle: a glimpse into the 19th Century

This extraordinary house near #Carmarthen in #WestWales was finished in the 1850s and has barely been touched since. Claire Mansel Lewis, who now lives here with her husband and sons, discusses the joys and frustrations of life in a house so capacious that 'nobody ever needed to throw anything away, so they just stored it all'. #StradeyCastle is open for tours on Tuesday afternoons April-October (www.stradeycastle.com).