Witham: Burnt-out mansion set for restoration (From Braintree and Witham Times)
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Witham: Burnt-out mansion set for restoration
4:00pm Saturday 26th January 2013 in News
Witham: Burnt-out mansion set for restoration
A developer is determined to breathe fresh life back into a Georgian mansion that has laid in ruins for decades.
Felix Hall in Kelvedon was built back in 1715 but, a far cry from its former self, now lies as a roofless burnt-out ruin after being engulfed by fire in the 1940s.
Despite withdrawing two successive planning applications, its latest owner Richard Sargeant, a founding director of developer City and County, which specialises in restoring and converting historic buildings, is said to be determined to return it to its former glory.
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