A National Trust property that was gutted by fire in 2015 will be reopened as a ruin.
The outside walls of Clandon Park near Guildford will be preserved, but the rest of the structure will not be replaced, to provide visitors with an “x-ray view of how country houses were made”.
The early 18th-century mansion, designed by Giacomo Leoni, stands in 540 acres of land, with the park landscaped by Capability Brown. It was the ancestral home of the earls of Onslow and was acquired by the trust in 1956.
