An 18th century farmhouse that was hanging over a cliff edge in England’s North Norfolk district was demolished in the early hours of Friday, May 10th.
The property was a three-bedroom farmhouse that was sitting at the edge of a cliff in the coastal village of Trimingham for over a month, following a landslide.
It had been purchased roughly five years prior to the event in an auction for £132,000.
The cliffs of Trimingham are geologically composed of some of the UK’s youngest glacio-tectonic masses of chalk, sitting on glacial tills and outwash deposits of the Quaternary.
These deposits are quite vulnerable to erosion, which is believed to have been accelerated by heavy rainfall this past winter.
According to the BBC, dozens of homes in the area have been lost due to coastal erosion in the past 20 years.
The local council provided the funds for the demolition, while it is preparing for future events in the area through the Coastwise project.
According to Rob Goodliffe, the council's coastal transition manager leading the project, very few properties are at risk, and they are working to provide options to people affected by the eroding cliffs.
Sources: www.edp24.co.uk, www.mirror.co.uk, www.warwickshireworld.com, www.bbc.com, www.northnorfolknews.co.uk, blogs.agu.org, www.northfolk.org.uk, ukfossils.co.uk
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