POP star Florence Welch’s crumbling Somerset mansion is being held together by STRAPS – to stop it falling into the road.
A rubble stone entrance gate pier and retaining boundary wall at her sprawling £1.9million estate has been tied together by a “temporary safety restraint”.
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Florence Welch’s crumbling Somerset mansion is being held together by STRAPS Credit: Jon Rowley
The singer wants to knock down and re-build the ‘unstable’ wall to stop it collapsing Credit: Instagram
Now The Dog Days Are Over singer, 39, wants to knock down and re-build the “structurally unstable” wall to stop it collapsing onto a public footpath.
But Florence needs planning permission from the local council because her 12th Century pad is Grade II listed and lies in a designated conservation area.
The stately pile boasts walled landscaped gardens, more than 60 rooms across three floors and a swimming pool.
It’s also HAUNTED – by a ‘grey lady’ who has been spotted walking the house’s corridors in the 1970s.
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Florence needs planning permission from the local council because her 12th Century pad is Grade II Credit: Instagram
The singer bought the estate near posh members club Babbington House, in 2021 Credit: Getty
Pictures submitted as part of the planning application show three bright orange ratchet straps holding the wall in place as it is being pushed out by a large sycamore tree.
Florence also wants to widen another entrance and build new gate piers after a vehicle smashed into the old one.
Another boundary wall will also be taken down, including the removal of two trees, with a taller barrier built to boost security and privacy.
In a statement, her planning agent said: “The entrances and walls are poorly constructed and of no architectural or artistic merit. They are unworthy of the Grade II listed abbey.
“The south entrance with its restraint straps and the north entrance with removed and collapsing piers are all clearly detrimental to significance.”
Florence, of Indie band Florence and the Machine, bought the estate near posh members club Babbington House, in 2021.
She was given the go-ahead to turn four separate buildings into one single home with a new kitchen, garden room and staff room.
But an archaeological report found that groundwork could unearth ancient human skeletons and medieval artefacts.
Officials at the local Council are expected to make a decision on the wall and gates next month and there have so far been no objections from neighbours.
