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  • In order to compensate local residents for the loss of the old communal garden, the Duke of Westminster insisted that a paved Italian garden featuring trees in tubs be placed on top of the substation.

    You know, whenever people (rightly) question the role of the aristocracy in Britain, it's nice that sometimes you can raise examples like this of things that would just be so much worse, but for them. The Duke of Westminster is also behind a rule that states that if you demolish something in Chester you have to build something that looks exactly the same as the thing you demolished. This sometimes meant that you got a replica, but most often meant that developers found a way to preserve the original, as a replica would fall foul of building regs. Thus preserving the old Medieval and Roman city and making it such a magical place.

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