Wha are these things on my wall?

[Naz2009]

Hi, moved into our new home on Friday and wondering, what are these two things on my front wall.
Please see image and guid me. Thank you.

I think the little black thing is for a pulley rope for washing,

I thought the same thing about the black round thing and then thought why right at the front door of the house.

The black thing looks like an old wiring connection/junction box. I remember seeing them along school walls! The brown thing looks like some sort of vent?

Funny you mention school

Is it an old school?

@inappropriateraspberry funny you mention school. My house is right opposite a school.

The brown thing looks a bit like a vent for something - does it join on to anything inside ?

Couldn't tell you what they are but there was a caretakers house on site of my old secondary school (built 1950) and it had the wooden thing outside the front door.

@inappropriateraspberry I just googled it. School is fairy new. Opened in 2016

They are pretty common, not only in schools! Being close to a school has no relevance! How old is the house?

The black thing looks like it's missing it's housing / cover, as in something should attach to it

The brown item does the front drop down and reveal a keypad if so it is a keysafe.

The black item is it some sort of button ? Maybe a doorbell.

Thanks ladies. Figured the brown thing out. It's hood for a air vent.
Still don't know what this black thing this.

@stopringingme there is a key safe on the wall next to the front door. I would never known what that was. Luckily the sellers left a note with instructions and pin. So I figured that out.

@Namechangenumber23 my thoughts exactly.

Is there writing on the black thing?

We had a water meter thing on our wall that looked like that black thing.
Air vent cover is the other thing

honestly, there is a second part to the black thing, it’s for a washing line, it basically hooks over it .

@custardbear this house also has a water metre. I've never had one before. But I did take reading yesterday and my metre is located in the downstairs guest WC

Do you have a water meter. ??

I think the little black thing allows the water company read your water meter from outside your property .

@The4teddybears yes I do ☹️
That explains it then. Thank you so much. Now I just have to figure out my hot air heating system.

The black thing is your water meter. At least the bit they use to read your meter.

I only found that out when I opened my front door and almost walked into a 6ft male.

Sorry I replied without reading the post from @The4teddybears

The brown might be an old phone or cable connector.