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Nika Shakhnazarova

Inside Gogglebox stars Dom and Steph's £5million mansion after closing as B&B

Gogglebox stars Dom and Steph Parker have put their posh manor house hotel on the market for £5 million.

The couple snapped up the stunning huge Grade I-listed boutique hotel - where they filmed for the Channel 4 show - for £2.6 million in 2004.

They then spent a further £2.5 million renovating The Salutation - but are now selling the property, with Dom saying they are "too old" to run it themselves.

The Parkers last year admitted that the company running the manor house would be liquidated and guests' deposits would be lost.

The hotel was subsequently shut - leaving 33 workers jobless in January ahead of the pandemic.

The couple snapped up the stunning huge Grade I-listed boutique hotel for £2.6 million in 2004 (Dave Hogan)

Speaking ahead of putting the house on the market, Dom last year said: "We're looking for £5 million for the purchase price. We ideally want to sell the building.

"It has been our lives, our home, our joy - our stage for Gogglebox."

He added: "It is a very important part of the past 14 years of our lives, and it is such a beautiful building. But we are just too old and exhausted, and don't have the energy to run it any more."

The Salutation, in Sandwich, Kent, was built in 1912, is spread over 3.7 acres and boasts 17 bedrooms - along with a 60-cover restaurant which has been doing fine dining.

It was designed and built by Sir Edward Lutyens in a Queen Anne style.

Its Salutation Gardens won Gold at last year's Chelsea Flower Show, and are recognised as some of the best in the country with RHS Partner Garden status.

Dom and Steph - who featured in Channel 4's Gogglebox from 2013 to 2016 - spent five years restoring the building and its gardens after buying it.

Dom said last year: "It is crying out for someone to get on board and love it as we have.

"We have personally invested millions into the gardens, and to achieve Gold at Chelsea last year was incredible."

Dom admits the gardens at the house are one of the key summertime attractions and have been restored by staff.

"The staff have absolutely worked tirelessly on restoring the gardens, but it will be lost if they are neglected. It would be a crying shame to see that go to pot," he said.

"It's a fabulous building. All somebody needs to do is turn up and turn it on - it's all sitting ready to go."

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