A family were left distraught after buying their dream home for £1.5m - as the previous owner "gutted" it before they left, leaving it looking like a "war zone".
Martin and Sarah Caton bought the idyllic Grade II* listed manor house in 2014, but soon their dreams were dashed as when they arrived they realised the house had been stripped bare.
The previous owner of Bochym Manor in Helston took doors, windows, floors and even fireplaces - alongside historic stained-glass windows and part of the rich wood panelling of the 10-bedroom gothic-revival home's famous library.
