Having been brought down by heavy rain and strong winds earlier this year the (privately owned) flint wall at the corner of Vine Place and Dyke Road has been beautifully restored using traditional lime-based mortar. Unlike modern cement-based mortars, lime mortars allow walls to breathe, moisture to evaporate and fine cracks to “heal”.

This is especially important when repairing old brick walls but is also important with harder materials such as flint.