A last look at Ridgemont House before it is ultimately demolished. Bought for the 'knock-down' price of £155,000 (thought to have been valued at ten times that amount before safety fears) in February 2010, a large chunk of the garden slipped down the cliffs above Oddicombe beach only a week later. Since then, there have been several more slippages resulting in the end of the house shearing off earlier this year which tumbled down the exposed cliff face. A huge legal battle is ongoing. The site has become quite an attraction for Torbay residents and tourists alike prompting fears that injuries may result as people have been seen ascending the unstable cliffs immediately below the ruined 'country pile'. This video was shot from the safety of adjacent woods. Other houses nearby are now under threat.
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