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Sir Giles is secretly in favour of ensuring the motorway passes through the Cleene Gorge as it will mean he will be paid the compensation for the destruction of Handyman Hall, which is under a [[covenant (law)|covenant]] preventing its sale. While superficially pretending to be supportive he takes steps to undermine the inquiry and prevent alternatives being adopted, to ensure the new road travels through the Gorge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/blott-on-the-landscape/9780099435471 |title=Blott On The Landscape - Synopsis |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |year=2012 |work= |publisher=The Random House Group Limited |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> By contrast, Lady Maud's family has lived in the gorge for over 500 years, and she is fiercely defensive of her heritage and expects Giles to support her.
Matters are further complicated by their on-going marital problems, including Sir Giles's [[Sexual fetishism|fetishist]] [[infidelity]] and Lady Maud's wish for children to continue her line to which Sir Giles is opposed; and the actions of Maud's gardener, Blott, who is a former German [[prisoner of war]]. However the Army got fed up with Blott and so the High Command decided to get rid of him by assigning him to an Italian bomber on a raid to England. Blott, who served as navigator (and who wasn't very good at it), got completely lost and was forced to
With his [[military]] training, and some leftovers of the war found beneath the hall, Blott begins a covert campaign including [[blackmail]] and [[wire tapping]] to scrutinize Sir Giles's activities on Maud's behalf and to undermine the construction of the motorway. He also discovers and aims to foil Giles's plans. In the course of the fight for the Gorge, the picturesque village is destroyed by Blott using a [[Wrecking ball|demolition crane]] to whip up popular opposition for the works. Giles is discovered in bed bound by his mistress, Mrs Forthby and is blackmailed, as is Dundridge, the official in charge of the works, and the Hall is quickly converted into a wildlife park in an attempt to prevent the removal of its occupants. Giles himself is finally killed by lions when he is discovered by Blott and Maud trying to [[arson|burn down]] the Hall.
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