A 1930s mansion was left abandoned by its owner after she was driven out by criminals, the Daily Mail can reveal.
The grand home has been empty for years after its elderly owner Brenda Mordecai left the property in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.
Mrs Mordecai moved out after a spate of break ins and left it to her two daughters.
Today the derelict home in a conservation area is a building site - with a developer having snapped up the prime site on the outskirts of Nottingham city.
Cameron Homes is hoping to turn the once desirable pile, nestled within four acres, into six new houses, adjacent to its development of 30 to 40 homes.
