Is this Britain's strangest home? | Times Reports

When our loved ones die, it is not unusual to find surprises among their belongings such as old love letters or secret keepsakes from a hidden youth. Ron Gittins’s family, however, found that their uncle had turned his flat into a work of art.
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The flat in a Birkenhead villa, now known as Ron’s Place, is an historically themed example of “outsider art”, featuring everything from an enormous minotaur’s head to a Roman bread oven.
Now, after a five-year battle to save it, Ron’s Place has been granted Grade II listed status.
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[@georginajones5590]

I am so pleased that Ron's place has been saved , well done for all your hard work!

[@timthelamb]

I once lived in a magnificent double-fronted mid-Victorian townhouse that had been converted into bedsits. Some of the rooms were huge, and were adorned with slate or marble fireplaces, some of the former had original hand-painted rural scenes on their surfaces. Generations of pot-smoking art students and unemployed people had lived in the building and it had a similar look to this gentleman's flat, with late 20th century murals strewn across the walls and cupboards containing jam-jars, paint brushes, fabrics and forgotten clothing.

[@jamiehardcastle4999]

That fireplace is amazing 👏

[@marjoleinspruijt4154]

Im so happy its saved ! It is amazing ❤

[@Richie8a8y]

God bless him.

[@Forget-me-not144]

Any mess is called art these days. If this is art then so is a mud hut😊

[@The-queen-is-dead-england]

Incredible