Cornwall Live readers have been discussing the recent in Cornwall, to make way for new homes. Pre-application advice is being sought to demolish a dilapidated 18th century manor house building as the applicants want to replace it with five new houses. Polvellan Manor at The Millpool, West , which overlooks the town's Millpool car park, was originally developed in the 1780s at the confluence of the East and West Looe Rivers and is constructed on a level terrace cut into the rising ground.
Originally a family residence, the property has had several uses since the early 1900s including a maternity hospital in the Second World War, a hotel and a school. The most recent use was as a care home which is understood to have ended in 1995. Since then the building has been unoccupied and lies in an abandoned, derelict state.
There was a previous attempt to redevelop the site in 2021 which included the conversion of the building to six apartments and the building of 19 new build apartments within the extended grounds. The application was withdrawn. One commenter, The debate raged on over on , as CornwallLive readers commented on the issue.
Elaine Watkins comments: "Would take a lot of money to demolish and clear the ground,could it not be refurbished instead. beautiful building." Helen Parkyn believes: "And yet again they use the phrase 'affordable housing for locals' to try and swing it.
Their affordable is not based on locals wages. Refurbish it, it's beautiful and full of character." .