There are 15 pictures of British “Crinkle Crankle” walls, which are easier to build than straight walls because they use fewer bricks.
There are lots of nice things about Britain. Tea and scones in the afternoon (do you put the jam or the whipped cream on first?). Taking walks in strange and beautiful gardens and parks. Waves on the wall. What are those wavy walls? Waves on the walls
These wavy walls were first popular in the UK and are now popular in other countries too, like the US. How much do you love the name “crinkle crankle garden walls”? straight walls are more expensive because they use more bricks altogether. You probably thought at first, “That doesn’t make any sense!” like we did. Since wavy walls can be only one brick thick, they use fewer bricks in the long run. Straight walls that are only one brick wide would fall down. The wall is stable because of all of its bends.
To the Pandas, Move your mouse down our post and tell us what you think in handwriting script. Read on to hear what Suffolk local Ed Broom had to say about walls that crinkle and creak. Ed has made a list of all the wavey walls near him.
In the UK, there are a lot of cute crinkle-crankle yard walls.
Straight walls need more bricks to build, but these walls only need one brick.
Beautiful wavy walls are great for protecting your garden (if that ever comes up) and growing fruit trees in the nooks.
For a local writing competition in 2015, Ed said, “I was trying to find something uniquely Suffolk when I chanced across crinkle-crankle walls.”
Several websites said that Suffolk, where I live, had more than 50 cases, but the original list, which was made in the 1960s by local historian Norman Scarfe, was no longer there. I’ve been trying to make my own list since then. I’ve been to over 100 so far, and just when I think I’m done, another one pops up.
Ed told Bored Panda that people in the UK are still putting up new wavy walls. “From single projects (like the one at Ashbocking, which was built in 1999) to new estates (like the ones in a new development at Lavenham by architects Wincer Kievenaar), they’re added as a nod to the style of the area,” he explained.
“But the older ones may also need to be fixed or maintained, especially if they get hit by a passing car, which happened at Easton in 2013. Because it costs a lot to fix them right, some don’t make it.
Expert in crinkle crankle Ed also said that serpentine walls are better because they use fewer bricks, are great for growing soft fruits in the bowl-shaped spaces, and give you “pride over your neighbour!”
There are a lot of names for wavy walls, also known as crinkle crankle walls. Most of them sound good to Draco Malfoy. They’re also called sinuous walls, crinkum crankum walls, and ribbon walls. In England in the 1700s, fruit was grown on walls with waves. When they were first built, they were generally put up East to West, so that one side would always face south and get warm sun.
A lot of crinkle crankle walls can be found in East Anglia, where Dutch engineers cleared the Fens marshes in the 1600s. People think that these experts were the first ones to build the serpentine walls in the UK. They were called “snake walls” by the Dutch back then.
On the other hand, serpentine walls aren’t just for planting. They also give you strategic benefits when you’re fighting off invaders. Because they are built in a way that makes them slope, charging troops would have to break ranks, which would leave them open to counterattacks from defenders. Something to remember if apple thieves or sneaky mice ever come into your garden.
