Hunstanton is Norfolk's only west-facing seaside town, and the combination of sea air, strong onshore winds and a large stock of Victorian and Edwardian holiday villas makes chimney deterioration here faster and more widespread than almost anywhere else in the county.
The planned Victorian town around the Green and the streets running back from the seafront — Westgate, Avenue Road and the surrounding roads — is built largely in the local carrstone and brick, with distinctive red-and-white striped stonework appearing on the more prominent buildings. Many of these properties have large, multi-flue stacks that are expensive to maintain fully and are rarely all in use. Carrstone is particularly susceptible to salt-laden wind erosion, and crumbling mortar joints in stacks here can deteriorate from stable to dangerous within a single winter.
We have carried out chimney take-downs on Hunstanton properties ranging from compact terraced holiday cottages to large detached Victorian villas near the clifftop. A full chimney take-down to below roof level, properly weathered and tiled over, is typically the most cost-effective long-term answer for redundant stacks in this location — call us for a free site visit and honest assessment.
No obligation · We usually respond within 2 hours
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge — we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
