Ashton Court Mansion rescue plans approved unanimously View Image

Ambitious plans to rescue and revitalise Ashton Court Mansion have taken a huge step forward after Bristol city councillors unanimously agreed to hand over the historic, crumbling venue to a trust.

The continued deterioration of the Grade I-listed building , which the local authority has owned since 1959, would be a 'tragedy' and 'absolute vandalism', the strategy and resources committee was told.

Members voted to enter into an agreement with Bristol Historic Buildings Trust, which will carry out urgent repairs and draw up detailed plans to create a bright future for the property after it warned the mansion faced a “catastrophic decline” if nothing was done soon.

Its proposals, which include repairing the leaky r

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