Well that was stressful. So what happened next? Surely it was saved and protected after all of those shenanigans? Well shockingly, no. His departure and subsequent media drama surrounding the case left the building as something of an oversight. We visited not long after he was arrested, and the very fact that we were able to just wander on site and mooch around was an indication of this. Almost all of the doors and windows found themselves unlocked. A small amount of vandalism had taken place by this time, but after our visit we believe it increased tenfold. A major theft of the roof lead followed in 2017, which if you ask me is totally unacceptable on the council’s part. The hall was simply disregarded, and no listed building should ever be treated in such a way. We know by now that once the roof is compromised, things get pretty grim and sure enough the hall found itself beyond economical repair in relation to its completed value. It did, however sell on the market but things were kept pretty schtum and in terms of information it became a bit of a grey area. Several people I spoke to at the time told me that a family of local lottery winners had bought it at auction for the best part of a million, and proceeded to cover it in scaffolding. Good news in a way, but the scaffolding stayed and nothing much else happened.