‘Pile of old wood’: Salisbury residents say sculpture spoils cathedral view

Seaview is described by the artist as a ‘dramatic visual representation of the sea reclaiming homes from the coastline in Norfolk’. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Rex/Shutterstock

The art installation – a depiction of a house tumbling into the sea – was created to highlight the threat posed by the climate emergency to British coastlines.

But some residents have compared the piece placed on a lawn outside Salisbury Cathedral to a pile of fly-tipped debris or an unlit bonfire and called for it to be removed, saying it is spoiling the view of one of England’s most magnificent buildings.