If Anne Boleyn could return to her childhood home, she’d be astonished to find a moated fairytale castle in gardens with a vast lake, Italian statuary, cascade and grottoes, all created after 1903 for William Waldorf Astor. Guests staying overnight within an Edwardian ‘Tudor’ village, have a wide choice of bedrooms in the Astor Wing and slightly less grand Anne Boleyn wing. ‘Primrose has an ornate plaster ceiling, a sofa bed and a short staircase leading to a little bathroom,’ a Guide inspector advises.’ Tiger Lily has oak panelling and a half-timbered ceiling.’ The Edward VII Suite has a 7ft Romanesque bed, a seating area, a bathroom with claw-foot bath and walk-in shower, ‘superb castle views’ through leaded windows. In the Astor wing, too, you will find an ‘impressive’ billiard room, while breakfast is served in an oak-panelled dining room with ‘incredible wooden ribbed ceiling, green brocade curtains and huge fireplace’. Residents also have use of a lounge with wood burner, and access to the gardens after hours as the sun goes down. ‘The Anne Boleyn Walk felt particularly atmospheric, with no one but perhaps Anne’s ghost to accompany me.’