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The owner of a historic Martello tower says the site should open as a holiday let by the end of the year. Martello Tower No.25 in Dymchurch has long been in disrepair, and was put on the market for £250,000 in 2021. Permission had been gained two years earlier to convert the landmark building, which dates back to the Napoleonic Wars, into a holiday home. The scheme, put forward by Dealtry Investments Ltd, never got off the ground but now owner Gary Mayatt says he hopes to bring the site back to life. “It was a bit of an impulse buy because I was interested in the tower’s history and restoring …

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