Archive for the Street Furniture category

Coal hole covers of Brighton

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

In the 19th century many town houses were built with a coal cellar under the pavement in front of the house. Coal hole covers are the cast iron plates that cover the entrances to these cellars. Although no longer in use, many still exist and there are some beautiful designs. Here are some examples I [...]

Boot scrapers of Brighton

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Recently I have been taking photographs of street furniture around Brighton, particularly Victorian boot scapers and coal hole covers. When you start looking for them you find them all over the place.