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Fight to save 'Alice in Wonderland' home

Conservationists are fighting to stop a building with links to Alice in Wonderland from being demolished.
Penmorfa in Llandudno was once the Victorian holiday home of the family of Alice Liddell, the girl thought to have inspired Lewis Carroll's tale.

But developers who want to build new flats say it is "unrealistic" to restore the former seaside hotel.

Campaigners want the building listed but historic monuments agency, Cadw said it was not significantly unique.

The building on the seaside town's West Shore was once a retreat for the Liddell family from Oxford. Daughter Alice is believed to be the inspiration for Carroll's classic story.
Read entire article at BBC