This photograph is an example of a building tha has probably had its roof raised. This particular one (On Bancroft by Sainsbury's) seems to have had a half hipped roof from the original darker bricks that remain. The walls have been extended and patched up too. An example of just how 'Organic' buildings are in their constant flux and change like everything else. Buildings are rarely 'fixed' and forever have alterations; especially in towns.

This strange building is behing the restaurant Bella Vita on Sun Street. It's either a terrible nightmare for an architect to 'read' or an absolute thrill to 'decode'. I suspect (as do others) that it has been cobbled together from lots of other buildings (Cheap materials) I really enjoy looking at it, but make if it what you will. Derek Wheeler of 'The Hitchin Historical Society' has suggested that it was part of the Girls' School that was run in Roslyn House during the 19th Century; and that later became a furniture shop until 1910 (approximately), accounting for the mélange of styles and building materials.

This brick indicates the boundary between a private property and the main road (Highway). These were set in to the pavement to show where a person's property boundary was and what they were responible for and what the Hertfordshire County Highways were responsible for too. Not many of these exist anymore and therefore must be preserved for posterity just to show what they looked like and how they operated. This particular example set in the pavement on Queen Street, is outside a building used by the Hertfordshire Theatre Schools as a repository.