100 Years Wall.

For well over 100 years it stood over 12 feet tall, looking down on a garden that changed as the century changed.

To start with the big house had vegetables planted nearby and glass houses all along the wall ,sheltered exotic fruit and vines.

In more recent times the old estate was broken up and the wall looked down on domestic lawns and a timber garage.

During the recent gales, a gust of wind, stronger than 60 knots, signaled its collapse. In just a few seconds some 20 tons of brick and stonework collapsed along a 60 foot length and crushed everything in its path.