WORK could soon be carried out to help turn a listed building into a holiday home.
The Ruin is one of five follies around Hackfall Woods at Grewelthorpe, near Ripon.
The Landmark Trust, which owns The Ruin, also known as Mowbray Point, is applying for planning permission from Harrogate Borough Council for changes to the listed building.
Ahead of its imminent opening as an upmarket holiday home, the trust wants to make alterations to create a bedroom and bathroom as well as alterations to a central room.
At one stage, the whole building was in danger of slipping down a hillside into woodland below. But it was rescued by the trust which has spent £500,000 on its restoration.
Planning officer Mike Warden is recommending that councillors approve the environmentally-sensitive scheme when they meet on Tuesday.
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