Workington Hall
Cumbria
Location | Workington | |
Year demolished | c.1939-45/1972 | |
Reason | Reduced to a shell |
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Although damaged by a serious fire by troops billeted during WWII, the house had been bequeathed to the council by Lady Chance for use as a town hall. They instead reduced 'one of the finest manor houses in the area' to a managed ruin in 1972 after incidences of vandalism.