Croome Court in Worcestershire has been empty for over ten years. The Grade I Georgian house is largely the work of Lancelot "Capability" Brown, who also designed the park which was acquired by the National Trust in 1995.
Earlier this year Malvern Hills District Council approved plans to convert the stables and ancillary wing into 15 apartments, whilst leaving the mansion empty - subject to the Secretary of State's approval. English Heritage accepted the scheme, but SAVE and the Georgian Group objected vigorously that this would compromise future uses for the mansion, and threatened to condemn it to another decade of vacancy and decay.
