£1 sale saves Peter Pan house from demolition
Friday, 5 August 2011 2:48 PM
The house in Scotland that inspired author J M Barrie to write Peter Pan has been saved from demolition.
Moat Brae House in Dumfries, where Barrie played as a boy, has been bought by a group of campaigners backed by actress Joanna Lumley.
According to the Scotsman newspaper, the campaign group prevented the bulldozers moving in by buying the property for £1.
However, the paper reported that former owners Loreburn Housing Association will have to be paid £75,000 over three years in addition to the sale price and that the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust faces the task of raising in excess of £2 million to restore the property.
Lumley told the Trust: "To have such a strong literary link with the greatest fairy story of all time is thrilling – I’m delighted that the efforts to save this beautiful little house for Dumfries’ sake have been successful. They have my wholehearted support."
Roger Windsor, chairman of the Trust, told Housingnet News: "We need immediate remedial work to stop further deterioration and the Trust will be concentrating its initial efforts in raising funds to this end."
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