National Trust’s Kinver Edge Rock Houses vandalised

Graffiti has been spray-painted onto two of the historic Kinver Rock Houses, with Nanny’s Rock and Vale Rock having been subjected to the vandalism.

In a video of the vandalism at the National Trust site shared on social media back in April, Kinver councillor, Victoria Wilson, said it was “as bad as spraying graffiti on Stonehenge.”

Speaking more recently about the incident, Cllr Wilson said: “It really is just shocking to see that mindless morons would do something like this.

Parts of Nanny's Rock and Vale Rock have been vandalised (Image: Supplied / National Trust) “People come from all over the country to see the rocks, and there are residents still living in Kinver today whose relatives were living in the rock houses in the 1960s – it’s very upsetting.

“The Rock Houses are a precious part of our heritage and to see them disrespected like this is awful.

“I hope that the National Trust are able to get it cleaned up and that the local community will get behind them if they need help.”

Much to the shock and anger of local residents, large tags and several other designs have been spray-painted onto the historic site.

Claire Hale, Visitor Operations and Experience Manager, said the team at The Rock Houses on Kinver Edge were “dismayed” to see what has happened to the “treasured” site and added that the police have been made aware.

The National Trust team at Kinver Edge said the police have been contacted (Image: Supplied / National Trust) She said: "Conservation work and archaeological surveys were carried out recently to better understand this particular site.

“As a charity, we rely on fundraising and donations from supporters to help pay for the ongoing maintenance, as well as repairs and restoration, of the heritage assets in our care.

“Disappointing as they are, incidents like this are rare considering the millions of visitors who enjoy and respect National Trust places.

“Whilst we understand visitors’ motives to share incidents like this online and express their concerns, we are also conscious that this gives a platform to this kind of behaviour.

“Hopefully, this is an isolated case, but we would urge anyone who bears witness or has some knowledge of such activity to report it to the local police, as we have done in this case.”