Georgian front door
There's a row of pretty Georgian cottages opposite the castle. Here is the front door of one of them. I like how a coach lamp has been re-used here. It is now electric instead of oil burning
Notice the plaque above. It is called a fire mark. Before central fire brigades, insurance companies provided this service to paid up customers. The fire mark showed which company covered them and if the policy had been paid. It was not unusual for pumps from several companies to arrive at a fire but they would leave if it was not a customer's house!
Georgian front door
There's a row of pretty Georgian cottages opposite the castle. Here is the front door of one of them. I like how a coach lamp has been re-used here. It is now electric instead of oil burning
Notice the plaque above. It is called a fire mark. Before central fire brigades, insurance companies provided this service to paid up customers. The fire mark showed which company covered them and if the policy had been paid. It was not unusual for pumps from several companies to arrive at a fire but they would leave if it was not a customer's house!