According to the author of Dirty Old London, these urine deflectors in Clifford's Inn Passage[1] are among the last of what was once a very common feature.
[1] http://catsmeatshop.blogspot.com/2013/07/urine-deflectors-in...
[1] http://catsmeatshop.blogspot.com/2013/07/urine-deflectors-in...
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