But perhaps they are less aware that a second ‘Wallingford Castle’ has come and gone too – the huge Victorian mansion – built by 1840 but demolished as too dilapidated in 1972.

Ben Taggart has worked at Wallingford Castle as well as The Broughton Hall Estate in the Yorkshire Dales, Nonsuch Palace in Surrey, and Kinnaird Castle in Angus. The 56-year-old said he is flooded ...

Ben Taggart has worked at Wallingford Castle as well as The Broughton Hall Estate in the Yorkshire Dales, Nonsuch Palace in Surrey, and Kinnaird Castle in Angus. The 56-year-old said he is flooded ...