Way OT: 12 Grimmauld Place Appearance?

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 142140

> > bbboyminn:
> > I suspect
> > that over the centuries grand bright brown or grey stone has become
> > nearly charcoal grey (close to black) with centuries of age, soot, 
> and
> > other polution. 
 
London buildings that were standing in the 1800s were thickly coated
with residue from coal smoke when I was there in 1985. (Some had been
cleaned up, some hadn't, and the difference was remarkable.)
> 
> Geoff:
> 
> Most older and bigger central London houses were built in the 
> Victorian period and externally were of London brick. They were often 
> built for upper class families and had a basement area accesible from 
> the front via steps where the servants would be found during the day, 
> so there was little or no room for a garden.
> 
> If you can get hold of a video of the BBC series "Upstairs, 
> Downstairs", this was a long running series (1971-75) set in such a 
> house and chronicling the lives of the wealthy owners (upstairs) and 
> the servants (downstairs).
>
This site shows speculative cross sections of the UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS
house. The picture at the bottom of the page was taken outside the
house in London that was used for the exterior shots:
http://www.updown.org.uk/house2.htm

Sherry