“Dear me, this is a very sad development, Watson, is it not?” said he.

Campaign to Save Undershaw Fails.

Despite a high profile opposition campaign, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s former Hindhead home is to be turned into flats.  Permission for the redevelopment of Undershaw was granted on Wednesday 9 June 2010, by Waverley Borough Council’s southern planning committee.

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2072565_conandoyle_descendants_upset_at_undershaw_plan.