Dorchester: Repairs to crumbling 18th Century wall drag on
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The wall has been supported by scaffolding since 2022
A crumbling 18th Century wall is taking longer to repair than expected, a council has said.
The section of wall at County Hall, Dorchester, remains propped up by scaffolding two years after it almost collapsed.
Dorset Council said work had been complicated by it being both a listed building and a scheduled monument.
It said a specialist architect had been appointed to carry out management work on the site.
The crumbling wall - built on the earlier Roman wall ramparts - is on the corner of North Walks and West Walks at the northern end of Colliton Park and close to the town's Roman townhouse site.
Dorset Council said it erected scaffolding and water tanks, which provide ballast, around the site in April 2022 because the wall had deteriorated to an extent where it might have collapsed on The Walks.
A spokesperson said: "The works required are not straightforward as the wall needs to be dismantled and fully rebuilt and requires both listed building and scheduled monument approvals.
"We are currently clearing ivy and other vegetation from the wall and a 3D survey has been undertaken to record the current state of the wall. We should get the results of that soon.
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