The owner of Cliff Farm, in Norfolk, bought the idyllic property five years ago at auction for a sum of £132,000 – he has since been evacuated from the home for his own safety
Incredible photos show a three-bedroom house teetering on the edge of a crumbling cliff on the English coastline after a surge of recent landslides.
Snaps taken today of Cliff Farm in Trimingham showed the structure hanging perilously on the edge. The large home once lay several yards away from the cliff edge with incredible ocean views, but recent landslides have now led part of the home to actually hand over the cliffside.
The old farmhouse, which dates back to the 18th century, finds itself in the perilous position following a landslide last week. It is set to be demolished before it falls into the ocean.
Cliff Farm’s owner bought the property just five years ago at auction for £132,000 and has been forced to evacuate his home. North Norfolk District Council said it would soon be demolishing the property.
The Mirror has contacted North Norfolk District Council for comment.
Research released last year by OneHome, a non-profit social enterprise on consumer awareness and climate change, estimated that 2,200 properties in England, worth around £584 million, are located in the 21 highest erosion risk coastal communities.
Both Norfolk and Suffolk are counties on the eastern coast of England that are experiencing significant rates of coastal erosion, according to The Environment Agency. “Norfolk and Suffolk have some of the fastest eroding coasts in Europe, with over 2.500 homes at direct coastal risk and thousands more properties and businesses directly and indirectly affected by loss of property, infrastructure and utilities,” it said last year.