This block initially formed the west end of High Street. In the later 19th century Moorgate Street separated it from the rest of High Street, and sometime around 1910 was redeveloped with te present buildings. The block includes the former 'Picture Theatre' in existence by 1911 (http://www.geocities.com/rotherham1/Cinemas.html) (now closed) which makes it a very early example. The first purpose built cinema in the UK opened in 1910. Fragmentary legibility of former burgage area.