"The whole castle belongs to the university. We have about 100 rooms which are used for the students. The students live actually inside the castle and the student rooms of course have a bed, and a table and a chest of drawers, they are just like any person's bedroom. We also have many other rooms and spaces which are used by the students, by the university and by visitors. So for example, we have two chapels, we have a chapel dating from the 11th Century, the Norman chapel, and we have another chapel, the Tunstall chapel dating from the 16th Century. Of course in those we have services, and sometimes we have marriages and wedding services. We also have other rooms that are very special, like we have the Bishop's bedroom, and members of the public can stay in the Bishop's Suite as it's called. We have other rooms which are very special with tapestries where people can organise their own private dinners, although we don't allow the students in there."
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