Plans approved to save 18th Century home

A proposal to restore an 18th Century building in Devon has been approved.

Glebe House in Holne was the birthplace of famous author Charles Kingsley in 1819.

The owners plan to repair the Grade Two listed building and return it to a family home.

Members of the Dartmoor National Park Authority's development management committee heard that the building had fallen into disrepair but the proposal will bring the building a new lease of life.

Dean Kinsella from the authority said it was in "poor condition" and without further work would see the "slow deterioration and loss of a historic asset."

The plans will see a ground floor extension and alterations on the first floor to restore the building into a family home the Local Democracy Reporting Service said'

James McInnes added; "For someone to take on this site, and do what they are doing with it while maintaining the integrity of the building itself, is a wonderful thing to do.

"It is going to be there for a long time, considering it was at the point of falling down when they bought it."

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