![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/our-local-was-gutted-by-crooked-houses-new-owner-we-want-it-back/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23424828-1691669392338.jpg&description=PUB FURY Tracey Kandohla Jamie Phillips Published : 13:17, 10 Aug 2023 Updated : 13:17, 10 Aug 2023 SHOCKED residents say their beloved local pub was "gutted" by Adam Taylor - before the Crooked House pub went up in flames. The businessman, 44, also owns the Sarah Mansfield pub in the rural village of Willey, Warwickshire, after purchasing the site in 2020. 6 Retired sales manager Jerry Brookes outside the Sarah Mansfield pub Credit: Roland Leon 6 The gutted interior of the pub Credit: Roland Leon The boozer is located just five miles from his gated home between Hinckley and Lutterworth in Leicestershire, where he lives with glamorous wife Carly Taylor, 34. Mr Taylor bought the pub with the intention of "gutting in and turning it into rental accommodation", a local has revealed. The woman, who declined to be named for fear of recrimination, said: "The new owner did just that, he bought it and in two to three days he got his team of workers in, the skips were in place, and they gutted it. "They ripped out everything to the outrage and upset from local people - the plaster, the plumbing, the electrics, it is a shell. "He sought planning permission to create rental rooms and claimed he would keep part of the premises as a pub. "He wanted to cash in with rentals, and build two new houses in the car park." The local said all 75 residents in the village objected to his plans. She described the pub as "the heart" of the community, but said Mr Taylor had "ripped that out". Villagers had fought to preserve the pub and efforts to have it established as "an asset of community value" were initially approved. However, the decision was overturned on appeal. Plans to build houses on part of the pub's car park were thrown out by Rugby Borough Council in August last year. It had also been hoped six upstairs bedrooms would be let out, but councillors unanimously rejected the application. Residents claim tradespeople with diggers and skips were at the pub the following day ripping out){kind=link}
SHOCKED residents say their beloved local pub was “gutted” by Adam Taylor – before the Crooked House pub went up in flames.
The businessman, 44, also owns the Sarah Mansfield pub in the rural village of Willey, Warwickshire, after purchasing the site in 2020.
The boozer is located just five miles from his gated home between Hinckley and Lutterworth in Leicestershire, where he lives with glamorous wife Carly Taylor, 34.
Mr Taylor bought the pub with the intention of “gutting in and turning it into rental accommodation”, a local has revealed.
The woman, who declined to be named for fear of recrimination, said: “The new owner did just that, he bought it and in two to three days he got his team of workers in, the skips were in place, and they gutted it.