Captain Tom's daughter looks glum as workers remove the kitchen sink from spa

01 February 2024 , 19:39

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Hannah Ingram-Moore donned an orange hat and a black North Face jacket as she watched her spa being torn down today (Image: Bav Media)

The daughter of Captain Tom Moore looked dejected as workmen removed the kitchen sink and other belongings from her soon-to-be demolished £200,000 spa complex.

Hannah Ingram-Moore wore a black North Face coat and an orange hat as she stood beside the builders dismantling her lavish mansion bolt on, which is being torn down because it was illegally built.

In new photos, the unauthorised building in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, is seen without a roof or flooring and building materials to one side. As neighbours rejoiced, the lockdown fundraising hero's daughter has been left "humiliated" as the spa is stripped back to a shell.

Builders could be seen removing a sink, toilet and a Denon home cinema system from the condemned complex. It's unknown exactly which model was in the spa today, but similar systems cost around £649, according to the company. Other workmen were seen bracing as they lifted huge cardboard boxes around the site.

Workmen removing Hannah's belongings from the spa (Bav Media)

But as Hannah laments, her neighbours have been far more upbeat this week, which has marked the end of a "long drawn-out saga". Hannah was found to have built an "eyesore" spa without planning permission. Many of the villagers gleefully hailed the demolition as a "humiliation" for the daughter of the war hero. Another neighbour, Lesley Gough, 67, told the MailOnline: 'It was not nice for the people who live next to the building. There were trees there before and a tennis court. It is a shame they let it go on for so long. I think they thought they could get away with it.

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"Captain Tom was so popular. His legacy has got lost. He did all those good things and people aren't talking about that anymore." Another woman whose home is overlooked by the spa added: "It is a humiliation for Hannah. I think she thought she could get away with it. I wonder if they will move when it is all over."

The building was branded an "eyesore" by furious neighbours (PA)

Neighbour Jilly Bozdogan, 70, said yesterday: “The tiles are coming off fast and furious.” Another person said: “They are doing a ‘soft strip’, by trying to save everything they possibly can to sell on.” Earlier a workman said: “The pool will be removed before the building is knocked down on Monday.” In August 2021 the couple had been granted permission to build a Captain Tom Foundation Building, to house the covid hero’s memorabilia.

Workmen at the site today (Bav Media)

Sir Tom, who was knighted by the late Queen, raised £38 million for NHS charities by completing 100 sponsored laps of the garden of the home during the pandemic in 2020. The World War veteran died in January 2021 aged 100. The couple used the foundation’s name on their first set or plans. But it was not used on a retrospective application for the 49% larger building with its spa pool.

Last week people were seen taking away Captain Tom's prized possessions from the property, including the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, his Guinness Book of Records certificate, paintings and a model aircraft. Some of the items were loaded onto a trolley by workers at the site and taken away.

Hannah is the daughter of Captain Tom - who raised close to £40million during the Covid pandemic for the NHS. In a bombshell interview with Piers Morgan, she revealed she'd kept £800,000 from the three books her late dad had written. She claimed that he had wanted them to keep the profits.

Ryan Fahey