Overstone Hall's owner says a miracle restoration will never happen after it twice set alight.
The owner of a Grade-II listed stately home has applied to demolish it as it said a "miraculous restoration" will never happen.
Overstone Hall in Northampton has been derelict since a huge fire in April 2001 and was hit by another blaze last month.The company said it had the "absolute intentions" of restoring it but the plan was no longer viable. In the planning application for demolition submitted to West Northamptonshire Council the developer said it had "taken all reasonable action to arrest the decline of the remaining parts" of the hall.Local Democracy Reporting Service"The reality is that no one has identified a strategy to secure the full restoration of Overstone Hall during the past 20 years.
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