Elamcelt
Holding up the building
This is at the other end of the row from the Statue of Liberty.
In Victorian times it was very common to have animals or such like, included in the stone work. Well the story goes that four councillors of the day really slowed down the progress of these tenement flats, and so the architects got their own back by putting these wee models of them above the doorway as they had ''held up the building'. I love that! The councillors have long since gone, but they will never be forgotten for what they did!
Councillors beware!
Edit Hopefully distortion removed!
Holding up the building
This is at the other end of the row from the Statue of Liberty.
In Victorian times it was very common to have animals or such like, included in the stone work. Well the story goes that four councillors of the day really slowed down the progress of these tenement flats, and so the architects got their own back by putting these wee models of them above the doorway as they had ''held up the building'. I love that! The councillors have long since gone, but they will never be forgotten for what they did!
Councillors beware!
Edit Hopefully distortion removed!