A sex therapist who was evicted from her £3,500-a-month Grade II listed home over allegations she had filled it with a menagerie of animals has now had her legal claim against the estate agent who advertised the property thrown out by a judge.

Self-styled ‘Lady Pea’ Patricia Ramshaw, 55, has been involved in a long-running row with the wealthy Cator family over her rental and eviction from the 300-year-old Old House in Ranworth, Norfolk.

The dispute since November 2021 has centred on a claim that she only had permission to keep two dogs onsite, but breached this by moving in a third dog, as well as pigs, two horses, eight ducks and 20 sheep. 

Last month, a judgement was made against the estate agency at the heart of the row, Starkings and Watson (S&W), over its advertising of the property to begin with – nearly three years on.

The dispute had been dubbed the UK’s ‘most upmarket eviction row’ involving mouldy walls, dozens of animals – and claims of being spied on from a church tower.

Lady Pea, who works as a sex therapist, made a legal claim against S&W through the Civil National Business Centre for £90,000 over the validity of an energy statement for the house at the beginning of her tenancy.

They were initially ordered to pay a debt to her in absence of a response. 

But a judge has now thrown out the claim after the agency was able to show it had responded on time.

Christopher Starkings, its managing director, said: ‘As expected, the courts confirmed they had in fact received all the necessary and associated paperwork and immediately started the process of setting the case aside.

‘The matter is now in the hands of our legal representatives.’

The claim came after a property ombudsman ruled that S&W had not properly established whether the Old House had a valid energy statement at the start of the rental.

Lady Pea says she had not yet been informed of the ruling being set aside.

She said: ‘I look forward to seeing whatever defence Starkings and Watson has brought – but I have not yet seen it.’

After she moved into the property in 2021, Lady Pea argued the property was not fit for rental, due to it lacking heating and having an energy rating of zero.

Her landlords, the Cators, claimed she had broken the terms of her tenancy by bringing animals onto the site, including four dogs, two horses, pigs, sheep, ducks and geese – leading to her eviction.

Lady Pea even alleged that Jane Cator, a deputy lieutenant of Norfolk, had spied on Lady Pea from a nearby church tower.

Mrs Cator admitted she would frequent the tower but denied that she was spying on their then tenant.

Last year, Lady Pea lost her bid to stop her eviction from the home.

She and members of the Cator family attended Norfolk County Court as the tenant looked to block a possession order calling for her to leave the property.

The short hearing saw Lady Pea state she had sought refuge by renting the house while attempting to flee domestic violence – and that the house was uninhabited.

She said she had paid the Cators a year’s rent in advance, but found the property without central heating, riddled with mould and ‘freezing cold’.

She added that the Cator family agreed to repay her in full, but that talks over the terms of her departure had broken down.

Lady Pea was bought the title by an ex-boyfriend as part of a burlesque act in which she used the name.