An 18th century farmhouse hanging perilously over a cliff at the north Norfolk coast has been demolished.
The home at the aptly named Cliff Farm in Trimingham was demolished in a district council-led operation today after a dramatic landslide last month left it dangling dangerously over the cliff edge.
Contractors rolled into the village in the early hours of Friday morning to tear down the three-bedroom property.
The owner of the old farmhouse, which dates back to the 18th century, bought the home for his retirement just five years ago - paying around £132,000 for it at auction in 2019.
The demolition got under way at around 7.30am, but by midday all that was left of the house was a pile of rubble where it once stood.
The owner of the wooden Windy Ridge chalet next door sat on his porch overlooking the demolition.
His home, just yards from the cliff edge, is next in line to fall - but the elderly man, who is believed to have lived there all his life, is desperate to stay and wants to see out his remaining years in his clifftop home.
Contractors carefully dismantled the property to avoid debris falling onto the beach below.
The devastated owner's final wish was to save the house's chimney pot, which was one of the only surviving features of the property from when it was built in the 1700s.
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