Dereliction?

This is one of the reasons why I haven't been on the site very much lately. Is it a derelict building close to collapse? No, it's the middle cellar room in our Victorian house, which has had a buttressed wall for many decades. This is the main supporting outside front wall of the house, approx. 3 feet thick and bulging inwards. The reason for this is that on the other side of the wall, under the front garden, is a 'secret' vaulted underground room with a brick arch roof. The arch is exerting force on this wall, which over many years has caused it to bulge in. The buttresses have done their work and are now being removed and replaced with modern structural steelwork, so that we can return the room to its natural dimensions. It looks pretty severe, but for us it's just another step on a long road to completing the renovation of a lovely house that was in a sorry state, but is now starting to return to its former glories.

K-3, Sigma 17-70, Tripod