HS2 must carry out essential repairs to an empty countryside mansion it bought for £3.8m just months before the planned railway line was scrapped – even though no one will be living in the Georgian property any time soon.
Stanthorne Hall, near Middlewich in Cheshire, was purchased from the former owner in March 2023 after they successfully claimed a “compelling reason” to sell because the planned Crewe to Manchester high-speed line was set to pass by the house.
