Shell heir's oil-powered country pile goes green
by Steven Morris from on (#13Q3R)
National Trust installs wooden pellet boilers at Upton House in Warwickshire, once owned by petroleum tycoon Lord Bearsted
It is perhaps no surprise that a country house bequeathed to the nation by the family that made its fortune from Shell petroleum should run entirely on barrel after barrel of oil - 25,000 litres of it each year.
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