Building firm sued by National Trust after fire at Surrey mansion leaves it with £115m repair bill

By Dave Rogers2020-07-15T05:00:00

Source: James Dobson

Blaze in 2015 gutted grade I-listed property near Guildford

A Surrey contractor has been accused of botching building work that led to one of the National Trust’s most prestigious properties being gutted by fire and the charity facing a £115m repair bill.

The grade I-listed Clandon Park, near Guildford in Surrey, caught fire in April 2015 and was one of the country’s finest examples of Palladian architecture having been completed in the early eighteenth century by Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni.

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