{
  "id": 11255929,
  "title": "US filmmaker loses UK court fight over ancestral mansion he restored for £750,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/us-filmmaker-loses-uk-court-fight-over-ancestral-mansion-he-restored",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T16:52:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/us-filmmaker-hopwood-depree-loses-high-court-battle-against-council-over-ancestral-60-room-mansion-after-securing-hopwood-hall-for-1-he-spent-750000-restoring-it-before-being-locked-out-in-2024/articleshow/134623899.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US filmmaker Hopwood DePree has lost his High Court battle to regain access to ancestral Hopwood Hall in England. After securing the 15th-century mansion for £1, he spent nearly a decade restoring the derelict property and invested around £750,000. The council locked him out in 2024 following a planning dispute, while legal costs could reach £114,000.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}