Doorway in Hammersmith Terrace - and a coal-hole
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Doorway in Hammersmith Terrace - and a coal-hole
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 1 Jun 2011
According to Pevsner, Hammersmith Terrace was built circa 1750, when the area was still rural - market gardening and orchards. The terrace has an odd plainness - the only architectural details to catch the eye are the doorways with their Tuscan columns, painted black in several cases. The iron disc set in the pavement is a coal-hole cover. Many Georgian terraces were built so that their 'ground floor' was several feet above true ground level, leaving room for basements and coal cellars (see Sir John Summerson's book, 'Georgian London', chapter 5). In this case, at the front of the doorstep there is a row of little apertures - each the shape of a slice of melon - allowing light into the coal cellar.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.489581
Longitude
-0.243172