David Gladstone invited Leigh White to move into Wotton House to help manage the estate, but now on his return claims she refuses to leave
With Capability Brown gardens and Sir Tony Blair as a neighbour, most visitors could be forgiven for wishing that Wotton House, a Grade I-listed mansion worth £15 million, was theirs.
But one has been accused of taking those ambitions a step too far by setting up home and refusing to leave, despite the protestations of the owner.
David Gladstone, previously the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, originally invited his “surrogate daughter” Leigh White to move in to help manage the estate.
He moved up north during the first lockdown to shield from Covid-19, but Mr Gladstone now wants to return to the house and claims Ms White is refusing to leave.