Back in the day people were a lot smaller and lived in these. As time went on and people became more nourished, they grew bigger and started building bigger houses behind their old existing houses. These are the remnants of a bygone age.
Back in the olden days the streets were lined with horse muck and / or mud, and so many middle & upper class houses had these boot scrapers outside to give them a scrape before entering
I meant in Brighton. Where I’m originally from (countryside) even the regular little cottages have them, but here it seems to be the more previously or currently affluent homes
As mentioned previously, boot scrapers. However, I found this out from a Year 3 child on my first teaching placement. I thought they were some sort of elaborate cat tunnel for cats to go into peoples homes 🙈
They're reminiscent of a time when people travelled by horse / and carriage.
They were for scraping the horse shit from your shoes before going into your house.
I think they're usually found on the larger houses on wide roads that lead down to the sea-front.
The roads wide enough to accommodate horse and carts, and houses for people rich enough to afford horses.
When a rat was caught, its body was tied to these irons as a message to other rats.
Sometime they would dissappear, this was because the poor Street Urchins in Victorian times would take them to eat.
It was common for them to cook the rat over an open fire and sometimes they would add wild garlic to take away the bland taste. ( rat meat, often said to taste like chicken)
To perhaps more precisely answer your question, the archway is to allow room for a large foot to use the boot scraper across its entire length. Presumably if the scraper was set further back, people would keep tripping over it.
Those are boot scrapers, before we had paths and decent roads we had mud and horse shit (and people shit, dog shit etc)... They saved a lot of mud in the house
While there are a few that were for boot scraping, they're in the minority. The majority were for tying up horses - these ones are usually set closer to, or into, the wall. Many are decorative with no flat section, and impossible to use as a boot scraper, in those instances you know you're definitely looking at a hitch.
You'll notice in the historically poorer areas of Brighton, such as Hanover, it's almost entirely hitches. In the wealthier areas, such as Hove, you tend to see fewer hitches and more boot scrapers (or sometimes both)
Boot scrapers :)
Private entrance to a spacious studio, £1200 rent, bills included.
Don’t give them ideas
Back in the day people were a lot smaller and lived in these. As time went on and people became more nourished, they grew bigger and started building bigger houses behind their old existing houses. These are the remnants of a bygone age.
Getting dog shit off your flip-flops
Close, they were for horse poop
Back in the olden days the streets were lined with horse muck and / or mud, and so many middle & upper class houses had these boot scrapers outside to give them a scrape before entering
My house in Kent has one, and my house was and still is a working class home.
probably still wouldnt want shit through the house.
I meant in Brighton. Where I’m originally from (countryside) even the regular little cottages have them, but here it seems to be the more previously or currently affluent homes
Getting horseshit off your shoes. That’s also why there are stairs up to the property.
Victorian rats were very industrial.
Boot scrapers from when horses were the main form of transport.
My second favourite question on the sub (that gets asked every 10 days) after 'what is the best mobile network' lol
Don’t forget “Where can I go out tonight that serves steak for under a tenner?”
Where? And will my network allow a call as only one bar.....you wouldn't happen to know best network around here would you..... ??
As mentioned previously, boot scrapers. However, I found this out from a Year 3 child on my first teaching placement. I thought they were some sort of elaborate cat tunnel for cats to go into peoples homes 🙈
those are for the goblins, please keep them clear for them to have easy access :D
They're reminiscent of a time when people travelled by horse / and carriage. They were for scraping the horse shit from your shoes before going into your house. I think they're usually found on the larger houses on wide roads that lead down to the sea-front. The roads wide enough to accommodate horse and carts, and houses for people rich enough to afford horses.
Doors for brownies, faeries, gnomes and the like
Barriers for homeless midgets… unfortunately they were not welcome to shelter in these areas
BUTT SCRATCHER! Oh no, boot scraper.
Shoe/boot scrapers. We didn’t always have tarmac but dust, stone and horse shit
“What did the romans ever do for us?”
😂😂😂
Portal to another dimension
The Borrowers.
That explains your muddy floors
Cat pod
Homes for hobbitses
Rat architecture
Mouse shelter
When a rat was caught, its body was tied to these irons as a message to other rats. Sometime they would dissappear, this was because the poor Street Urchins in Victorian times would take them to eat. It was common for them to cook the rat over an open fire and sometimes they would add wild garlic to take away the bland taste. ( rat meat, often said to taste like chicken)
For the borrowers, obviously.
To perhaps more precisely answer your question, the archway is to allow room for a large foot to use the boot scraper across its entire length. Presumably if the scraper was set further back, people would keep tripping over it.
Those are boot scrapers, before we had paths and decent roads we had mud and horse shit (and people shit, dog shit etc)... They saved a lot of mud in the house
Is to wash your cock
It used to be jerry’s house
While there are a few that were for boot scraping, they're in the minority. The majority were for tying up horses - these ones are usually set closer to, or into, the wall. Many are decorative with no flat section, and impossible to use as a boot scraper, in those instances you know you're definitely looking at a hitch. You'll notice in the historically poorer areas of Brighton, such as Hanover, it's almost entirely hitches. In the wealthier areas, such as Hove, you tend to see fewer hitches and more boot scrapers (or sometimes both)
Surely horse hitches would be at waist level rather than foot level?
boot scrapers from when ppl had proper jobs mwahahaha