| Survey data | |
|---|---|
| Surveyed by: Nigel Heriz-Smith | Surveyed on: 8th November 2012 |
| Number of trees: 1 | |
| Girth: 4.52m | |
| Tree form: Maiden | |
| Dead or alive: Alive | |
| Standing/fallen: Upright | |
| Access: Private | |
This tree's story
The first lime tree you come to in this avenue sheered and fell during a storm in 1977. Some regrowth has taken place from part of the trunk and branches that remained on the ground. This tree fell during a storm on the same day that Virginia Wade won the Womens singles tennis final at Wimbledon(1st July 1977) this being her parental home (Canon Eustace Holland Wade memorial stone in the Lime Walk) and the story has been retold to us by Virginias sister, Judy Shepley, who lives in Sharsted Court.
Growing on the tree
- Lichen
- Fungi
- Moss
Signs of animal life
- Insect boring
- Bird nesting
- Bat roost or potential bat roost
Additional comments
This has to be one of the most remarkable and beautiful (in autumn) collections of Lime trees laid out in an avenue of (originally) twelve matched and aged trees. Each tree could merit the epithet Howl Tree (a witchs tree) for the contortion, ragged epicormal growths, burrs and discolouration. The trunks flow, sag and bulge in places. Deep folds. Bowls formed within junctions of boughs where water accumulates and corresponding rain wash down trunks. The girth of these trees is evenly matched as they were planted formally with the largest we found measuring 452cm in girth.