The Restoration Of The Privy

The Damage done by the Russian Vine was considerable and we had to take this wall apart to remove the vine that was growing into the building. The Russian Vine originated from the garden of the adjacent  property and had worked its way into the walls and down to the ground on our side. Luckily for the vine, but not for us, it found a big pit to provide an excellent source of nutrition, since the pit was the privy cess pit!

                         These are some of the roots that were removed from within the Privy's walls

The Restoration Of The Privy

The Privy, at the Prebendal Manor is 19th century and  in the garden at the north end of  the manor. It was in a bad state of disrepair and in danger of collapsing. A huge branch from a Russian vine had grown into the walls.  Because it was also covered in ivy we did not notice that the walls were being split apart. None of our visitors, or the volunteers who help here when the manor is open to the public, knew that there was a privy in the garden!

 It was time to take action and to restore the privy before it fell down!