The old circular gasholders that we can still see at Kings Cross date back to the mid-nineteenth century. They have been renovated and converted to house apartments – the prices of which are in the range of £825,000 – £7,500,000 in case you were wondering. The arches in front were part of the Victorian storage area for incoming coal. The coal from South Yorkshire was dumped from trains, then sorted and repackaged for onward transport by horse and cart, and canal.
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 July 2019
Posted as part of July Squares
Travel with Intent 
Such ugly blots on the landscape so how exciting to turn them into something habitable! Must be fab to live there, but sadly at those prices it won’t be me!
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Same here. But they do look great – huge balconies and even a roof garden
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Nice to know the costs.. alas I will have to pass on one!
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What a shame, I thought we could be neighbours 😉
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Well, if you could see yourself helping me out (significantly) financially I would give it very serious consideration 😁
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That is interesting, Debbie
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I love seeing history come back to life
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I like that too
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Brilliant capture . . . I have lived in a gas works. However my house was the original gas holder master house and my garden was circular!
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What fun! All my houses and gardens have had only boring straight lines. And I certainly can’t afford one of these curvy apartments in London
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I overlooked a river with lots of sailing boats, and I always got strange looks when I was cutting the grass as I was going around in a circle!
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🙂 🙂
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