drainpipe

"The lad had shimmied up a drainpipe on the outside of the building because he didn't want to go through the reception and ask."

Some buildings still have antique drainpipes and guttering - often an important design feature - which can overflow in heavy rain, sometimes damaging interiors as well as exteriors.

A cat had to be rescued by fire crews after getting stuck in a drainpipe.

One photograph, which she said was taken in Kenya, showed her in uniform in an office - with a very British looking drainpipe through the double-glazed window behind her.

Brooklyn had worked her way uneasily along the cornice and reached the copper drainpipe.