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Mar. 03, 1966 - The hall that was pulled down: Wealthy property owner Malcolm Ross admitted yesterday he had pulled down a 700-year old building which was protected by a Government preservation order only a fortnight ago. Standing near a 30ft. high mound of rubble all that is left of 13th. century Shilhill Hall at Solihull, Warwicks - he said: I now agree that the week-end gale did not blow it down, as was earlier reported. Mr. Ross then told the night the hall came down. He said I was returning from a hunt ball at 4 a.m. on Sunday when I decided to have a lock at the hall because of the high winds. Some tiles had been blown off, and I feared for the safety of the rest of the building. A few hours later, I ordered my men with machines to pull down the rest of the building in the interests of safety. Last night Mr. Ross - I'm not short of the odd £20, 000 or so faced the possibility of having to rebuild Silhill Hall brick by brick. The council can force him to do this under the preservation order. Photo shows this is how Silhill Hall looked before Mr. Ross's men moved in

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