I know I haven’t shared pictures of our new house yet, and while I will we’re still getting ourselves straight and settling in. This week we spent some time tackling the boxes in the garage and trying to find the tools we needed in the house, and to pot on a nectarine plant which my dad has nurtured for me. We’re making progress there, but in the meantime I thought I’d share some pictures of one of the most striking features in our garden - the wall, and it is rather nice.

It’s an original feature on the small development where our house is, and acts as a boundary for a number of the properties. The section in our garden is full of character, and a few remnants of its previous life remain.

Old ironmongery - potentially a gate post - embedded in the wall

Two similar sized pieces of metal on the original farm wal

Old fixings for a gate in the old farm wall

An iron hook embedded into the mortar of the wall

Two bolts with the nuts and washers hanging out of the wall

Aren’t they fantastic? I’m sure the wall has seen plenty of history, and if only it could talk…

One section appears to have had a cross section removed:

A section of the wall which appears to have a section removed

And my favourite addition is the Nottinghamshire Police sign, which says ‘For a safer rural community’ and warns that it’s a ‘protected area’ - I think that might have expired!

A Nottinghamshire Police round faded metal sign on the wall which says ' for a safer rural community protected area'

There’s a heavily laden crab apple tree in one corner of the garden, which looks great with our cream garden furniture and the wall for company.

our cream lattice table and chairs in front of the wall

the wall in all its glory, looking down the garden

See, it really is a rather nice wall!