Photos show home hanging over cliff at Trimingham, Norfolk

The new pictures of the house at Trimingham show it suspended over the cliff's edge after a large chunk of the cliff collapsed last month. 

The old farmhouse at the village's aptly named Cliff Farm will be demolished by North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) imminently, after fears it could suddenly fall onto the beach below.

The striking images also reveal the full extent of erosion at Trimingham, showing where the house was 25 years ago in 1998 compared to its precarious position today. 

The house at the aptly named Cliff Farm in Trimingham hanging perilously over the cliff edge today (Image: Mike Page)

The same house on the cliffs at Trimingham pictured 25 years ago in 1998 (Image: Mike Page)

The owner of the house, which dates back to the 18th century, was forced to evacuate the property, which he bought for his retirement just five years ago.

He paid around £132,000 for the three-bedroom property at auction in 2019.

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The wooden Windy Ridge chalet next door is also creeping ever closer to the cliff edge, but the council says its elderly owner, who is believed to have lived there all his life, is “determined to stay” and hopes to see out his remaining years in his clifftop home. 

Aerial photographs show the extent of erosion at Trimingham on the north Norfolk coast (Image: Mike Page)

Aerial photographs show the extent of erosion at Trimingham (Image: Mike Page)

Trimingham is now one of the stretches of coastline most at risk of erosion along the entire north Norfolk coast.

It is due to heavy rainfall over the winter which has saturated the soft cliffs and led to multiple landslides.

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Erosion fears even forced the Ministry of Defenc to move the village’s distinctive 'golf ball' radar station inland to Neatishead last year.

And in January 2020, a dramatic cliff fall from Trimingham House Caravan Park sent tonnes of sand and silt plummeting down onto the beach. 

The loss of cliff from the dramatic landslide at Trimingham last month (Image: Mike Page)

The owner of the house set to be demolished declined to comment. 

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