Campaigners want to protect the historic cottage where author Mary Webb wrote her most famous novel Precious Bane.
Campaigners say they have been "reassured" over the owner's plans for an historic Shropshire novelist's home.Author Mary Webb designed and lived at Spring Cottage at Lyth Hill in the early 20th century, where plans for a garage and new house wereThe applicants have submitted their technical plans for dealing with various conditions for the new building but there is no new information about plans for the historic cottage.
In their comment a society spokesman said they feared that one of the three rooms and lobby of the original Spring Cottage, where she wrote her most famous novel Precious Bane, may be demolished and lost forever if further action is not taken. "We want to give a clear message to the owners that we are keeping a very close eye on what happens to this important building. We are watching with interest."
Dr Gladys Mary Coles, the society's president and a leading authority on the author said as a passionate nature lover and early environmentalist, Mary Webb would have been appalled by the"sorry scene of destruction”.
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