ELLIE Goulding faces a £100,000 bill to fix a barn at the manor house she bought for £1.3million. A former owner turned the Grade II-listed building into a wedding venue without planning permission.
Conscientious Ellie applied to restore the historic building to its original form before planning chiefs could make any kind of order.
The move left the star facing a refit bill of up to £100,000 - even though the only beneficiaries are set to be rare bats that live in the roof.
Singer Ellie, 33, has got the green light to restore its roof and demolish an extension at her six-bed Cotswolds pad. Lesser horseshoe bats found in the roof will get boxes to live in.
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