Idea's on what to do with a small stone pig/coal bunker
Ruth McGuinness
7 years ago
Hi there
Could do with some help on what to do with an old stone structure we have that's attached to the back of the house in our garden. We think it was a pig house but not sure.
We were thinking of using it as a wood store or somewhere to put the coal bin.
Our house is 1800 and made of stone (with a newer extension) we can't take the walls out as some of the stone is incorporated into the house walls. Any idea's help on maybe something we've not thought of.. Thank you
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7 years agoSome leftover roof tiles were used to build this wood store on the side of a garage (wood is from dead trees felled on the same site), which is practical and adds to the look of the garden. If you were to widen the front by removing some stone would it be large enough for similar, with a sleeper across the front, or even a bike-shed/park?
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