Watching TV can teach you things and take you places.
As I mentioned several posts ago, I finally discovered the BBC's Sherlock--a contemporary remake of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective.
One of the location shoots took place at 23 & 24 Leinster Gardens, Bayswater, London and was referred to as the Lie of Leinster Gardens. I Google-searched this to see if was true and sure enough! (Click the address for a bit more detail.)
(image from Wikipedia)
So basically it's a facade bridging two sections of five-story terraced housing, but there's no actual home behind the two addresses. The underground train system used random open spaces to keep the tunnels free from smoke and for the old steam engines to vent their steam...
Click here to see more images of the back side of the "house." There's also more info via this link.
I wonder if there are any such anomalys here in the States.
2 comments:
Really cool. I too wonder if we have things like this in the U.S.
That view of the back is amazing. They even have reinforcements to keep the surrounding houses from falling! Thanks, Jen. This is fascinating.
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