A Bristol peculiarity.
Cast-iron kerb edging is said to be unique to Bristol. I have kept an eye open for it in other places and once saw something similar ...but I can't remember where. It is still found fairly commonly around the centre of Bristol and some of its older suburbs.
There are plenty of interesting textures here to give harmless pleasure to the eye. The road is surfaced with setts, nicely uneven and of varied size, with grass sprouting between them. The iron kerb undulates pleasingly as a result of uneven settlement. In the bottom right-hand corner is a flagstone of local pennant, tooled with little grooves which, as well as being decorative, give extra purchase to the tread of the incautious pedestrian in slippery conditions. Pennant (Welsh Pen-nant), the sandstone found between the upper and lower coal measures of the Bristol district, is delightfully varied in colour. This example is of a pale mauve. The pavement is of 20th-century date and without interest.
A Bristol peculiarity.
Cast-iron kerb edging is said to be unique to Bristol. I have kept an eye open for it in other places and once saw something similar ...but I can't remember where. It is still found fairly commonly around the centre of Bristol and some of its older suburbs.
There are plenty of interesting textures here to give harmless pleasure to the eye. The road is surfaced with setts, nicely uneven and of varied size, with grass sprouting between them. The iron kerb undulates pleasingly as a result of uneven settlement. In the bottom right-hand corner is a flagstone of local pennant, tooled with little grooves which, as well as being decorative, give extra purchase to the tread of the incautious pedestrian in slippery conditions. Pennant (Welsh Pen-nant), the sandstone found between the upper and lower coal measures of the Bristol district, is delightfully varied in colour. This example is of a pale mauve. The pavement is of 20th-century date and without interest.