This flat roofed development of modernist brick faced shops was built in 1971 (City Engineering and Surveyors dept photo 19613/6). These units fossilize very little of the former burgage plots which faced the medieval market place until this development. Other archive photo's from the 1950s and 60s show a complex townscape typical of piecemeal development of burgage plots i.e. irregular building lines, a complex stylistic mix of vernacular and later styles, differing roof heights and narrow thin buildings with long extension ranges to the rear. Some of the buildings demolished for this development were clearly of at least late 18th century date with others built from local materials in local styles during the 19th century. One building lost was the Woodhouse Picture Palace date marked 1914 and featuring a highly distinctive Art Deco façade.