Victorian Sea Wall Rebuild

<5%new stone, the rest reused from the original wall

As part of the Weston sea defence scheme, a 1,300m length of the Victorian sea wall needed strengthening. We combined traditional masonry with modern engineering to extend its life while keeping its original character, reusing the original stone with less than 5% new material.

What we delivered

• Carefully dismantled the coping stones and both wall skins, retaining the stone for reuse
• Rebuilt both faces using the original stone, less than 5% new stone required, with a further 5% repaired on site, bedded in natural hydraulic lime mortar to match the original
• Fully grouted the wall cavity (up to 1,200mm deep in sections) in controlled stages to form a solid wall
• Drilled and resin-dowelled the original copings with marine-grade stainless steel bars, with longer bars grouted horizontally into the wall head to resist wave action
• Removed algae and moss growth and sympathetically repointed to retain the wall’s original appearance