SHAPRIDGE SHELL

The remains of this old building on a hillside near Shapridge were being held in place by bits of scaffolding and wooden buttresses.
To me, however, the building seemed beyond repair to be considered for restoration work, and I don't think they would go out of their way to hold it together with the intention of knocking it down later, so I've no idea why it was being kept in this condition in the first place.
It must have some local interest, perhaps it's a rare example of a particular style of architecture or maybe somebody famous once lived there?!!