The Wavy Walls
of Lymington
Hanoverian soldiers constructed this wavy
wall at the beginning of the 19th century; they were in exile from
the Napoleon wars and lived in Church lane.
They built the wall in a style that was then common in Northern Germany, the
wavy shape gives the wall extra strength and can be built with only a single
brick width.
After this French prisoners of war were responsible for building many more
wavy walls in Lymington and surrounding areas.
There are also wavy walls on the other side
of the road; these were built be the author Dennis
Wheatley who lived at Grove Place
(demolished in 1969) |