The Crooked House owners Adam & Carly Taylor ‘destroyed’ 2 rural sites before wonky pub burnt down in suspected ‘arson’

THE owners of the Crooked House allegedly "destroyed" two other rural sites before the wonky pub was burnt down in a suspected "arson".

Carly Taylor and her husband Adam recently bought the Crooked House - before it was gutted by fire on Saturday and razed on Monday.

They have not been identified as suspects by police investigating the pub's destruction.

Neighbours in Lutterworth, Leicestershire previously slammed the couple's plans to build on two rural quarries in the county.

They claimed that the Taylors ripped out 20ft mature trees and ploughed grassland teeming with wildlife.

reports that Carly and Adam also offered to buy a neighbouring farm for £1million.

One villager told the local council that their "attitude to managing the countryside is wilfully dangerous and chaotic".

The resident added that "the village was lucky to survive Adam Taylor's carelessness".

The couple have also been accused of "destroying" woodland at another nearby site.

A local said: "They went in with heavy machinery and destroyed the whole woodland.

"I see Taylor says ‘sorry’ in his new application. Words are easy, the damage is forever.

"How can you trust this applicant and what he puts forward?"

It has also been claimed that the couple hired a digger days before the historic Crooked House the building went up in flames - and then demolished the remnants without permission.

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The Taylors allegedly "gutted" another beloved pub before the Crooked House inferno.

Adam also owns the Sarah Mansfield pub in the rural village of Willey, Warwickshire, after purchasing the site in 2020.

The boozer is located just five miles from his gated home between Hinckley and Lutterworth in Leicestershire, where he lives with glamorous wife Carly Taylor, 34.

Mr Taylor bought the pub with the intention of "gutting in and turning it into rental accommodation", a local has revealed.

The woman, who declined to be named for fear of recrimination, said: "The new owner did just that, he bought it and in two to three days he got his team of workers in, the skips were in place, and they gutted it.

"They ripped out everything to the outrage and upset from local people - the plaster, the plumbing, the electrics, it is a shell.

"He sought planning permission to create rental rooms and claimed he would keep part of the premises as a pub.

"He wanted to cash in with rentals, and build two new houses in the car park."

The local said all 75 residents in the village objected to his plans.

She described the pub as "the heart" of the community, but said Mr Taylor had "ripped that out".

Leader of South Staffordshire Council, Cllr Roger Lees, met with West Midlands Mayor Andy Street yesterday to discuss the ongoing situation regarding the site of the Crooked House.

He said: “We’d like to thank Andy Street and his team for their time in meeting with us yesterday and their full support for the approach being taken by South Staffordshire Council.

“Our officers continue to work to explore all options in relation to the building and planning breaches at the Crooked House.

“I want to assure all interested parties that this case is absolutely a key priority for our officers and we are committed to working in partnership with all relevant parties on this important matter.

“We urge people to stay away from the site and to allow the council, the police, and other agencies the space to focus on the important tasks in hand."