Objections lodged in Richmond over underground home
Views from the proposed site to Richmond Castle A COUPLE’S second attempt to build a home in their garden to meet their future needs has been met with vehement opposition from conservationists, despite them proposing to build it underground. Bill and Jean Whaley aim to move from their grade II listed 1840s property to a subterranean building featuring “vast areas of glass” at a spot in a historic area of Richmond where photographers capture images of the town’s 800-year-old castle. They have lodged blueprints of the underground house, featuring an outbuilding which would, in eff...