The 'summer home' that costs £15,000 a month just to heat! Meet the reality TV stars taking on the ultimate fixer-upper - a £5.5 million, 1,000-year-old Kent castle that needs a £23 million refurbishm

Lympne Castle in Kent is a vast 1,000-year-old, 20-bedroom medieval pile spanning 140 acres and, on a clear day, has exquisite views of France. Ann and Stephen Mulholland, both 63, are a couple of Canadian multi-millionaires who met at a cosmetic surgery convention in New Orleans nearly three decades ago. Ann and Stephen Mulholland, both 63, are a couple of Canadian multi-millionaires who met at a cosmetic surgery convention Lympne Castle in Kent is a vast 1,000-year-old, 20-bedroom medieval spanning 140 acres They are also making quite a splash in their new manor. After she'd finally talked Stephen round, and some hard bargaining, Ann snapped up the castle in February 2023 for £5.5 million. At one stage, as well as Ann's mum with her broken neck, they had an Ethiopian family living with them in Toronto — Stephen was reconstructing the daughter's cleft palate.