Thursday 17 January 2013

Lancaster City Centre

It was very overcast in Lancaster this morning as this view of Market Street shows. 
Although in the heart of the city centre, Sun Street is a quiet thoroughfare and  consists of some very old buildings, some of which date back to the 1730s. 

The Assembly Rooms has been the venue for a collectables market for some years. They were built in 1759 by the Trustees of Pennys Almshouses.

Pennys Almshouses and a chapel were built in 1720 for ‘poor men,’ following money being left by William Penny, a former Mayor of Lancaster. 

King Street Chambers, on the corner of King Street (now there’s a surprise!) and George Street. 
Looking towards the city centre in Penny Street. 

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