There are so many old buildings in England that the everyday things attached to them get over-looked. Can you imagine the work that went into this down-pipe (drain, dust-pipe) that enabled it to match the English Gothic Revival architecture of the 1800s and stand the test of time? If I displayed a photo of the building that it is attached to, it would sink back to oblivion.
In response to Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra)ordinary – Mundane and meaningful objects. Beautiful everyday things.
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Okay then here’s a small photo of the back of the building:
SNIPS & SNAPS 
Love your response to this challenge. They don’t make ’em like this anymore.
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The devil’s in the detail 🙂
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When I visited the UK one of the things that I couldn’t get over and snapped far too many photos of, were the drain pipes. In American we just don’t have fancy drain pipes. They are ordinary, utilitarian eyesores.
This is a particularly beautiful one. Love it.
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That down-pipe is just beautiful. This type of history is what I’ve always missed since moving from London to Sydney over 40 years ago.
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Well you’ll have to pay a visit and retrace your roots.
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