Submitting... The building was previously derelict offices – builders found collapsed ceilings, dead pigeons and a foot of muck upstairs – and before that the Dutch Consulate. Crowle House - built for wealthy merchant George Crowle in 1664 There were still pictures of the Netherlands’ Royal family on the walls and an old passport control desk. Builders said they have had a couple of elderly people turn up and ask where they can sign so they can receive their pensions. Miss Corrie-Peace, 43, taught at Ebor Academy Filey but long harboured ambitions of becoming a developer. She and her late mum watched “obsessively” the TV series, Grand Designs and Homes Under The Hammer – her “guilty pleasure”.