Trouble At Blair's Country Estate

The former Labour prime minister and his wife, Cherie, have been accused of damaging the character of their neighbourhood with their plans to construct a 300ft fence at South Pavilion, the 18th-century house that they bought for £5.75million in 2008.
“We are concerned that the severly utlitarian modern style of the proposed fence damages the historic character of this area of designed landscape,” the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust complains in a letter that it has written to Aylesbury Vale district council to object to the Blairs’ planning application.
A different organisation, the Georgian Group, also objects to the proposals. “A condition of consent should be that the railings will be removed when the current occupants of the South Pavilion no longer occupy the building,” it says in a letter to the council.
Tony Blair and his wife hope to install fence, which is expected to be 6ft high, along the north-west boundary of their estate, which once belonged to Sir John Gielgud, the celebrated actor. The steel railings, which are due to be painted black, would replace ad hoc fencing already in place. Link.