{"id":29619,"date":"2021-04-06T16:08:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29619"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:55:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:55:39","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-work-to-save-hurst-castle-wall-was-just-days-away-before-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29619","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Work to save Hurst Castle wall was \u2018just days away\u2019 before collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

WORK to strengthen Hurst Castle was just days away from starting when a huge section collapsed into the sea, New Forest West MP Sir Desmond Swayne has reported, writes The Advertiser and Times<\/em>.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 the will and the resources to restore this important historical attraction\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026 the castle faces the full force of the wind and waves\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Advertiser and Times<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

English Heritage has been accused of being too slow to act on urgent warnings, as\u00a0reported in January by the A&T<\/a>, that the historic monument on the coast of Milford was in imminent danger.<\/p>\n

But Sir Desmond said he had received assurances that the agency had been \u201cdays away\u201d from beginning work to underpin the foundations of the east wing, having undertaken a similar \u00a3750,000 scheme to shore up the west wing last year.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThey say that there were no signs of major structural problems and that deterioration had been at a very slow rate until recent storm damage prompted a rapid collapse.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, I have not the expertise to make a judgement as to whether English Heritage have been negligent in the face of warnings by volunteers and locals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019d rather concentrate on now is the will and the resources to restore this important historical attraction, and I am pursuing this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eyewitness Denise Wood, from Lymington, confirmed workers were on site fencing off the southern side of Hurst Castle just hours before the wall crashed down….<\/p>\n

In January the A&T revealed sources at the castle had also warned coastal erosion beneath the east wing was leading to \u201creal fears\u201d the whole wall could collapse without immediate action.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for English Heritage confirmed engineers were on site when the incident occurred and inspections have taken place to identify emergency stabilisation works.<\/p>\n

English Heritage<\/a>\u00a0estates director Rob Woodside said: \u201cThis is a devastating blow to a Hampshire icon and for all of us whose life\u2019s work is to protect England\u2019s historic buildings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe castle is in an extremely vulnerable position. Located on a shingle spit \u2013 itself part of sea defences for the people and places inland \u2013 the castle faces the full force of the wind and waves….<\/p>\n

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