This beautiful house on the French
Broad had stonework on the east side that had been buried by years of
soil deposits from storms. The current tenant contacted me after she
and her neighbor had begun unearthing large slabs of stone in what
she meant to be a little garden.
These tightly fit slabs are wonderful
work. Imagine it buried for all these years! The white you can see
on some of the stones along the edges is remnants of lime mortar and
old wall. Behind it is an old well.
It seems likely that this was a
springhouse at one time. The stonework around the well is
interesting. When you put a little stone or something into one of
the gaps in the ceramic well pipe, you hear a splash. I did not hear
water running. First impressions can be deceptive. I'm not sure
what the relationship between the well and this square floor was and
how it was constructed, but I'm curious.
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