Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram I saw this fantastical gargoyle on the side of a smart but otherwise unexceptional building, a water downpipe coming out of its mouth. I can't see here how the water is getting in though 😕 . Gargoyles were often used in the past connected to the guttering at the edges of church roofs to direct rainwater out of their mouths and well away from the walls to keep them dry. Lead was just too expensive to make lots of downpipes. As lead became cheaper gargoyles became purely decorative on churches. #gargoyle #holborn #guttering #unusualarchitecture #downpipe A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Dec 2, 2019 at 3:21pm PST
I saw this fantastical gargoyle on the side of a smart but otherwise unexceptional building, a water downpipe coming out of its mouth. I can't see here how the water is getting in though 😕 . Gargoyles were often used in the past connected to the guttering at the edges of church roofs to direct rainwater out of their mouths and well away from the walls to keep them dry. Lead was just too expensive to make lots of downpipes. As lead became cheaper gargoyles became purely decorative on churches. #gargoyle #holborn #guttering #unusualarchitecture #downpipe
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Dec 2, 2019 at 3:21pm PST
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