Hi everyone, after spending some time doing work inside our house (4 bed 1930s semi in Liverpool) we're now thinking about the garden.
In anticipation of laying a patio in the back corner of the garden, I've been doing some excavating and don't know if this is a garden "feature" from years gone by or a bomb shelter, which wouldn't be unusual in these parts.
I'd be grateful for any insight into what it is and what we can expect/do if we're intending to layer a patio over the top!
Thanks.
by CluneyTheScurge
10 Comments
Looks like an old retaining wall or raised bed that they couldn’t be arsed to dig up the footings.
Just a wall. Bomb shelters in gardens were typically Anderson Shelters, which were corrugated steel and concrete. Some were built of brick but not curved.
I’m voting moat … To keep ye old fascists at bay.
Could come in handy again soon.
Thanks, I was hoping I had a choice between a secret underground den and a patio, but it appears I just have an annoying half-wall. Why the massive concrete rectangle? Is this a concrete pad for the cornerstone?
The most probable explanation is that it’s a former earth retaining or raised bed that the previous owners covered with soil. You can now choose to remove it or recover it based on your gardening plans.
those are bricks so I doubt is a bomb shelter
Ha, I also have a 30s semi in Liverpool and had this shite in my garden. No idea what it was, but it took a lot of effort with a pickaxe and lump hammer to get rid of all the bricks and concrete.
I Would say the bricks look quite modern.its probably an old garden wall..
Unlikely to be a bomb shelter, they weren’t usually made of bricks, and you wouldn’t make a curved wall like that on a practical structure you just want to get built quickly, like a bomb shelter. Probably just an old garden feature.
Beware! The scousers dug too greedily and too deep…