Homeowner constructed wall to beat Storm Henk floods and shield residence
A retired engineer has constructed a wall to guard his £600,000 property from the Storm Henk flooding.
Nick Lupton, 60, and his spouse Anne, 50, stay in a transformed seventeenth century home on the banks of the River Severn.
Since they moved into the four-bedroom indifferent property in Pixham, Worcestershire in 2016, the home and one-acre of land has been flooded 11 instances.
The couple grew to become so fed up with the expensive clear-ups, they determined to encompass the complete property with a 7ft-high flood defence.
They spent 4 months developing the brick barrier earlier than lastly ending it final October – simply weeks earlier than Storm Henk swept Britain.
Nick & Anne Lupton’s £600,000 property earlier than and after the Storm Henk floods
The couple stay in a transformed seventeenth century home on the banks of the River Severn
The home and one-acre of land has flooded 11 instances because the pair moved in 2016
The couple grew to become so fed up with the expensive clear-ups, they determined to encompass the complete property with a 7ft-high flood defence
They spent 4 months developing the brick barrier and pumps
The couple have by no means needed to declare on insurance coverage having been capable of hold their residence dry with numerous measures
They lastly completed their flood defence final October – simply weeks earlier than Storm Henk swept Britain
Stunning drone pictures present the black-and-white home and courtyard surrounded by flood waters after the River Severn burst its banks earlier this week.
Nick mentioned: ‘We purchased the home with our eyes broad open.
‘We’ve been flooded 11 instances since 2016.
‘We stay in a ravishing a part of the world, proper subsequent to the River Severn, with one disadvantage – we get flooded.
‘We lastly determined to construct ourselves a wall round the home.
‘We constructed it final summer season and it took about 4 months to finish.
‘We completed it in the course of September and we examined it the center of October.
‘This flood is sort of a excessive one, it is near the document in 2020, so it is a actually good check of it and thus far it is stood as much as that.’
Part of the property was as soon as the River Ferryboat’s Inn. When it was a pub, the sound of floating beer barrels within the cellar was an indication of the rising water.
Before constructing the flood wall, Nick and Anne added boundaries in entrance of the doorways and pumps beneath the flooring to maintain the flood water out.
Over 300 flood warnings have been issued throughout England
A person makes use of his kayak to cross flooded meadows within the aftermath of Storm Henk, at Henley-on-Thames
A girl pushes a toddler via a flooded avenue at Longford close to Gloucester this morning
A narrowboat subsequent to a street bridge over the river in Barrow-on-Soar in Leicestershire at the moment
The Environment Agency issued a whole lot of flood alerts (in amber) and warnings (in pink)
The couple remortgaged to pay for the flood wall and mentioned they hoped it could add worth to their residence in consequence.
Residents residing close by have congratulated the couple for taking motion to guard their residence.
One mentioned: ‘Nick’s a superb fella and all of us applaud him for what he is accomplished.
‘Flooding is such an issue round right here. It’s not simply the fields that flood, it is roads and houses.
‘The powers that be should act quickly to cease this distress occurring time and again or folks will merely transfer away.’
