Host Street, 2006.
In about 1975 the planners repented of their action in demolishing the houses in Christmas Street and decided to re-enclose the bottom of Christmas Steps. I suppose they thought that this would make everything alright but, unfortunately, once you have demolished 400-year old buildings you can only replace them with something new ...and in the late 20th century this meant something worse. The building on the left lost about a third of its length to provide a car turning space at the bottom of the street and suffered a refurbishment in the "post modern" style. A fake repro gas light, with electric bulb, now marks the position of the old hybrid lamp-post.
Host Street, 2006.
In about 1975 the planners repented of their action in demolishing the houses in Christmas Street and decided to re-enclose the bottom of Christmas Steps. I suppose they thought that this would make everything alright but, unfortunately, once you have demolished 400-year old buildings you can only replace them with something new ...and in the late 20th century this meant something worse. The building on the left lost about a third of its length to provide a car turning space at the bottom of the street and suffered a refurbishment in the "post modern" style. A fake repro gas light, with electric bulb, now marks the position of the old hybrid lamp-post.