What would you do to maintain this stone wall?

[Ferdinand]

So I have a somewhat decrepit 1.7m (ish) stone wall between me and my neighbour on the West side, on the South side of the house.

 

 

 

 

The wall is in poor condition - I have this year removed the ivy that had come over and *through* it. Small stones can be removed by hand. It is full of solitary bees in the spring / summer. The ground level on the neighbour side is approx 12-18" higher.  And the boundary is my face of the wall. It is 14-15m long.

 

Something needs to be done. Neighbour is please that I removed the ivy.

 

I would like to grow things like a black berry and fruit espaliers on the wall as it gets quite good sun and shelter. Obviously that needs permission from N.

 

How would you proceed?

 

Relations are fine, but I do not see the neighbour spending a couple of K to restore my side of the wall until after it has fallen down. Had a chat and he said "yes you can repoint it". ? He also has a further 45m of the same wall between him and the lane, which I do not envy. Rebuilding fully by a real stonemason would be perhaps £200-250 per metre.

 

 

I am wondering about the benefit of repointing this myself.

 

Any thoughts would be most welcome.

Ferdinand

 

Edited September 28, 2020 by Ferdinand