The Old Quay House in the small town of Fowey is the epitome of the upmarket trend.

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Set in a creaking old town house, the 15 rooms possess the original 19th-Century bones to offset their Rose Bowl-sourced and individually furnished interiors, a cosy of velvet settees, fringed lamps and sepia-toned writing paper.

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In Hotel Missoni, the Italian fashion house has established a style icon in the heart of the Old Town.

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With Hotel Missoni, the eponymous Italian fashion house has established a style icon in the heart of the Old Town: modernist architecture, impeccable staff and very comfortable bedrooms.

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He lives in a squalid two-room house in the heart of the old shanty town with his wife and small child.

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All that I retain in my head of the house in town is the wallpaper with Teddy bears in my old room.

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"We are so thankful that our baby and eight-year-old daughter are with family in Cape Town and were not in the house at the time of the fire, " he said.

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