why ??

[Mick]

i know most of you will know where this is but what was it used for ?
it seams strange the doors are so large and in the middle of a row of houses ?

sorry they are a bit squewiff but i had been for a pint or two with less

 

[Caz]

Where is it Mick? can't place it.

 

[Mick]

near the back of sacred heart church that was lower antley st i think its called

 

[Caz]

Geez, must walk past with me eyes shut!

Possibly a coal yard or Haulage firm originally?

 

[Mick]

yep could be but them doors are very big

 

[Doug]

Certainly looks like the doors where built to allow the passage of heavy Haulage “High & wide goods”. Is their any evidence of foundry working in the area, Iron moulding or ow’t like that?, what’s the area like behind the building.

Good photo's Mick....

 

[Doug]

This isn't an old Fire House at all is it.

 

[Len]

Could they have been stables at some time, maybe?

 

[Acrylic-bob]

Oddly enough the OS map for 1891 shows the site as a vacant lot between the end house and the rest of the terrace. Might it be connected in some way to Coal or freight deliveries on the railway? There were extensive coal sidings on that side of the railway just behind the houses.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Certainly looks as if it was made big enough for a large vehicle to drive into.

 

[Ifty]

Could they have been stables at some time, maybe?

for elephants? Why would stabel need such high door?

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Stables for elephants Ifty? In Accy? Maybe Wolstenholmes know something we don't!!

I can imagine fire engines there Doug but maybe it's the red colour which gives me that impression.

 

[WINGY]

I'm pretty sure it was an Engine Shed....
Here are a couple of pictures, see what you think..

 

[Doug]

I can imagine fire engines there Doug but maybe it's the red colour which gives me that impression.

I can see your point there Willow. Surprising what effect a big Red Door can have on people. Lol

 

[mez]

i used to live near there many many moons ago, ive been racking my brains out , but the only thing i keep coming back to is a coal storage place, the doors have always been red, but they are not as nice as wingys NEW vestibule one is ///

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Could it have been a tram shed?

 

[Len]

for elephants? Why would stabel need such high door?

Ifty.
You maybe correct.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

I'd forgotten all about this one. Presumably it wasn't a tram shed then?

 

[Alan Gilmartin]

There was simular doors in Waterloo St in Clayton, in Tommy Robsons coal merchants, next to the methodist chapel.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Why would a coal merchant need such high doors?