A few weeks ago, I took a walk around the north end of Leamington Spa looking at old workshops that might make useful models filling in odd corners of a layout. Now, I've been in the south of the town to find this little scene trapped between a Co-op car park and the canal.
The site is triangular, crammed into the space available. Next door is another angular site, this time full of garages.
I'm assuming from all the doors that this really was a warehouse of some sort. It's a tiny building though and could probably be modelled to scale. It reminds me quite a lot of one of Iain Robinson's drawings from Railway Modeller years ago - that sort of atmosphere with "stuff" that has grown up over time.
You can see the site on Google Streetview.
Was that 2 storey building (in the second photo) a granary at some time in the past?
ReplyDeleteI'm probably wrong on that one - but the upstairs doorway makes me wonder if there might have been an expectation of something on the lower floor being piled up so high that there might have been a need to enter or leave at a higher level.
Ladders (or other access) could easily have been removed over the years - or not even fixed in the first place.
Thank you very much, Phil :-) I was fascinated with this one when I saw it on your Flickr stream...a site full of interest. It seems to have survived against all odds and is wonderfully ad-hoc. It's not a stable, I don't think...but a granary would have been larger, although that is a good idea. Might have been a cartshed or a store for something that didn't take up too much room. Do you know any more about it, Phil?
ReplyDeleteSorry, this is all I know. The building is well-preserved and still in use but as far as I know, it's always just been there.
ReplyDeleteI'll try a little more digging and if I find anything, will let you know.