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Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government were of the opinion that the building was not of exceptional national interest. Two wings of the castle, a stable block and butlers accommodation, were converted in 1955 to a family home thereafter called Conington House. The Heathcote family owned the property until 2008.
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