{"id":14713,"date":"2017-01-21T15:32:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T15:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14713"},"modified":"2017-01-21T15:32:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T15:32:37","slug":"developers-fined-for-removing-historic-fixtures-from-every-room-of-lincoln-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14713","title":{"rendered":"Developers fined for removing historic fixtures from every room of Lincoln home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A property development company has been ordered to pay more than \u00a355,000 after ignoring heritage planners and removing historic fabric and fixtures from a listed building without consent, according to the Lincolnite<\/em>.<\/h3>\n

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The Lincolnite <\/em>writes:<\/p>\n

Newell\u2019s Projects Limited, its director David Newell and Paul Priestley, a site manager employed by the company, had all previously pleaded guilty to six offences relating to the removal of irreplaceable features at the grade-II listed Castle Moat House.<\/p>\n

City of Lincoln Council took action against the three parties after discovering the unapproved alterations to the property, situated on Drury Lane, close to Lincoln Castle, in February 2016.<\/p>\n

Castle Moat House was built within the moat of Lincoln Castle in around 1820 as a large family home. Further additions and improvements were made to it during the mid-19th century. Many of the historic features damaged or destroyed by the developer date from these periods.<\/p>\n

The offences were:<\/p>\n