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A new £3.5m Art Deco mansion in County Durham has been nominated for five building awards.

Tindale Towers in Bishop Auckland has 38 rooms, a swimming pool and more than 1,000sq metres of space.

The striking white home, owned by Mike Keen and completed last year, has been nominated in five categories in the LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Northern Region "Built in Quality" awards.

A spokesman for Wear Valley Council, which granted the building planning permission, said: "Tindale Towers is a four-storey mansion with a strong Art Deco influence.

"Its location on a prominent brownfield site on the edge of the County Durham market town of Bishop Auckland makes it a gateway landmark and provides a focal point for the town.

"The local authority planning department was fully supportive of the owner's desire to build something bigger and better than the undistinguished bungalow that previously stood there."

Tindale Towers, completed late last year, has already won a national award for its indoor swimming pool.

The building has also been entered for a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) award.