A dad-of-two faces a whopping £400,000 repair bill after an ancient castle wall collapsed outside his home.

Adam Giagnotti, 42, was shocked when the 40ft-high retaining wall came crashing down following weeks of heavy rain and storms.

Tonnes of rubble and mud blocked Reservoir Lane in Worcester following the landslide on February 9.

Adam, whose three-bed semi-detached home is above the wall, has been told he is responsible for paying for the repairs and a set of temporary traffic lights.

However, his insurance company claim the wall falls outside the boundary of the property so are refusing to pay out.

Adam, who owns two restaurants in the city, now fears he will have to pay the expected £400,000 bill out of his own pocket.

He said: "That [£400,000] is the figure. The council has not taken responsibility. They have been useless. "

"They are charging me for everything, including the traffic light system. I'm on my own really. It's not great."

"The council should take responsibility at least for clearing it up and making it safe. "

"We have the correct insurance but they're refusing to pay because they say the wall was inadequate."

"It's all on me. They should not be charging me for traffic lights. They should be helping me and encouraging me."

"I am a businessman but it doesn't mean I have that sort of money, unfortunately. "

"We were trying to open a third venue. That has now had to be put on hold."

"It's not my business money that can solve this - I have to find this money personally."

Dad-of-two Adam, who paid £216,000 for his home in March 2015, says his children’s sandpit was near the wall which crumbled.

He added: "Emotionally this has broken me and my family. "

"The kids’ sandpit was on top of the wall and they were playing in it the night before it collapsed."

"That's the only thing that has kept me going, knowing they're not dead."

Now he says he has been told by Worcestershire County Council and his insurers that he will have to foot the final repair bill.

Another section of the wall collapsed in 1998 following flooding which took months to repair.

A petition has been set up on change.org in a bid to force the council to pay for the wall repairs.

A council spokesperson said: "We acknowledge that a petition has been set up regarding the collapsed wall in Reservoir Lane. We will now consider the further information provided."