Windlestone Hall plan for homes and events venue is approved

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    Northern Echo, 5th July 2021. "Windlestone Hall and Park, near Ferryhill, was once home to 1950s Conservative Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden and later became a residential special school. But since 2006, when its use as a school ended, the once grandiose Grade II* listed country mansion has become rundown.....Durham County Council’s county planning committee today approved plans for a large-scale renovation scheme, along with 13 new four and five-bed detached houses which will be sold to help pay for the wider development. The main hall will be restored into a private residence and apartments, staff accommodation and events and wellness areas created and nine acres turned back into agricultural land. The clock tower stables will be converted into a commercial area with a café, office and small retail unit.....
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    Link: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19420802.windlestone-hall-plan-homes-events-venue-approved/
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