After moving into their ancient mansion with more than 50 animals, a sex therapist who has been engaged in court disputes with her aristocratic landlords lost her most recent lawsuit.
Lady Patricia Ramshaw, 54, who was a tenant in the 300-year-old family house of the aristocratic Cator family, was granted a rent return and the judge rejected her allegation of harassment against the family.
The battle, which involved moldy walls, numerous animals, and allegations of being spied on from a church tower, had been branded the UK’s most upscale eviction row. Despite having access to oil radiators, Lady Ramshaw “froze” when she initially moved into the Old House at Ranworth, Norfolk, in the winter of 2021.
After alleging that the property was unsuitable to live in and lacked a required energy efficiency rating, she subsequently went to court and demanded a £28,538 rent return from the affluent landowner family.
Based on comparable residences of a similar size in the area, the property is estimated to be worth about £1.5 million.
By moving in with more than 50 animals, including three Great Danes, two horses, 12 sheep, two pigs, a goat, ducks, and chickens, Lady Ramshaw allegedly violated the rules of her rent, according to her landlord Sam Cator.
After being permitted to graze beneath the trees during the summer heatwave of 2022, Lady Ramshaw allegedly allowed the animals to damage the ancient Cator family orchard on the grounds of the seven-acre mansion.
In the most recent development of this dispute, tribunal judge Stephen Evans refused self-described Lady Ramshaw, who still resides at the house, her request for a rent return.
He suggested the problem be resolved by civil means and criticized the two parties for allowing the disagreement to reach a tribunal.
The civil rights of the parties are at the center of this dispute, which is appropriate for a completely different venue, he added.
“These proceedings provide a salutary lesson for those potential landlords and tenants who embark on entering a tenancy without defining the ambit of the demise, and without agreeing on all relevant terms of the tenancy, before occupation is taken up,” the court’s ruling reads.
As part of a burlesque performance where she was known as “Lady Pea,” Lady Ramshaw, a sex therapist, purchased the name from an ex-boyfriend. Her first Christmas in the apartment cost her £13,000 in heating expenses, in addition to £4,500 in rent, which the Cators reimbursed her for.
Lady Ramshaw stated that she was prepared to leave that summer in 2022 after gathering her animals from several stables onto the estate to relocate during the same week in June. The two parties were discussing her ending her tenancy early.
However, after speaking with an ex-partner of Ramshaw who she said was abusive, the Cators broke their promise to cancel her lease early with a rent return.
Ramshaw’s request for a rent return was rejected by Judge Evans, but he did note that the Cator family had changed their agreement with Lady Ramshaw after meeting with her ex-partner.
It is unfortunate for the applicant, Lady Ramshaw, that the communication resulted in Sam Cator, the respondent, changing the conditions of his offer of surrender, the author said.
After the hearing, Lady Ramshaw claimed that because the decision had made the matter public, she did not see it as a defeat.
“The rent repayment hearing has been very successful for me,” she stated. “I got to see the abominable truth of what has happened.”
I am quite appreciative of the judge for disclosing such horrible stuff.
She had previously described the problems she had encountered after moving in.
“At Christmas, I had pneumonia for weeks due to the cold here,” she continued.
When I first moved here, I was unaware that the home lacked central heating.
“I saw the house in advance; it was lovely and was characterized as being “cosy and warm.”
“I froze the week I moved in.” The cold was making my head hurt.
I was attempting to arrange with the landlord where the animals were to go the week I moved in.
We met to discuss the heating, and starting in December, they began attempting to evict me. I had already paid my rent for a full year.
A claim made during the hearing that Jane Cator, the mother of landlord Sam Cator, had spied on Lady Ramshaw from a neighboring church tower and had relocated her animals, was included in the judge’s report.
The court, however, found Mrs. Cator’s justifications for climbing the tower to be “entirely plausible,” including the claims that she was a keeper of the church and wasn’t there to spy on Lady Ramshaw.
According to the report, “We believe Mrs. Cator when she said she looked at the property on all occasions she went up the tower, but not specifically the applicant.”
The judge also disregarded allegations that Lady Ramshaw was photographed by members of the Cator family’s servants.
‘We are not satisfied that the respondent or his representatives have photographed the applicant in person, as opposed to her animals or the damage they have caused,’ the court stated in his ruling.
Lady Ramshaw has been residing in the home as of April 2023 and claims she is unable to leave without a rent reimbursement.
She is attempting to get a possession order against her through county courts overturned.
The Cators choose not to respond.
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