HEALING Manor is on the market.

Local estate agency Pygott and Crone is handling the sale of the troubled Stallingborough Road mansion, which the Grimsby Telegraph has learned has been repossessed and is being sold on behalf of the bank.

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   COUNTRY PILE: The repossessed Healing Manor has gone on the market for £650,000.

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   SPACIOUS LIVING: The property has 88 rooms and is set in 40 acres.

Now the 400-year-old former stately home – which is protected by English Heritage and set in 40 acres – could be yours for just £650,000, plus VAT.

The former hotel and restaurant – which has been left stripped and, internally, a shadow of its former self – is listed for sale under the commercial section of the firm’s website, although a full brochure is still being put together.

However, Pygott and Crone’s William Downing, who is handling the sale of the 88-room property, said interest had already been expressed by a variety of parties.

He said: “We have had people expressing an interest in using the building for everything from a family home to a spa hotel or even a school. As with many repossessions, a lot of the internal fixtures have been ripped out, so the new owners will have a fair amount of work to do, but you will still get a lot of house for your money – not to mention the extensive grounds.”

As reported, the manor’s more recent history has been marked by controversy.

In February 2011, a police raid uncovered a £400,000 cannabis-growing operation, for which 15 rooms on the upper floor of the property had been converted into a growing space for 1,800 plants.

The raid had followed a tip-off from concerned members of the public and saw three illegal Vietnamese immigrants – who were trafficked into the UK on the promise of employment – being jailed for two years each after admitting to cultivating drugs.

At the time, the three-storey manor house was owned by Kash Pungi, who had transformed his former home into a hotel and restaurant, which closed on New Year’s Day 2010 after being open for just 17 months.

Speaking following the sentencing of the three men, Mr Pungi – who has also owned the Bootlegger, Coyote and The Pier venues in Cleethorpes in the past – said: “I have had nothing but bad luck with that place,” adding that he planned to rent it to a London firm.

However, it is believed the property has remained empty ever since.

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