One house that we owned had this. The drain tiles led to a small drywell about 8' from the house. After 60 years your tiles are probably filled with tree roots and dirt and useless. Time to pull them out and replace with PVC drain tile.

Do your gutters lead into the tiles?

Had exactly this same configuration and yes, they were for the downspouts to drain into the city runoff drains. They were not connected to the sewer lines. I believe they are against our local code now, and the city has quite a campaign going to encourage homeowners to block these up and divert rainwater to the ground.

About 10 years ago when were were having a new concrete walk poured alongside the house, we rerouted the downspouts and covered two of these. The third was on the opposite side of the house and we filled it. Never again had a problem with rainwater seeping into the house at that location during heavy downpours.

I have a big pool of water from my neighbors in my yard n was thinking about using some terracotta drain pipes that I already have that r new. How would I install them n would it help me get rid of the