The four Brows at Little Underbank: Mealhouse, Rostron, Coopers and Dumvilles

Mealhouse Brow leading up the Market Hall. Sympathetic restoration has retained heritage typologies and some characteristic paint palettes around shop windows. Skate boarding supplies and three antique shops co-exist in this tiny curving street. At the exit there was once a town gaol. 




 

Mealhouse Brow leading up the Market Hall. An opportunity to insert pedestrian steps next to the planned piazza to the left




Rostron Brow is still one of the most beautiful streets in Britain. Where else can we walk up to the church tower from shadow to light? This is not an accident, but a skilful understanding of gradient and the structures of the flanking buildings

Coopers Brow; approach from Little Underbank




Coopers Brow; the ramp and steps diminish to less than a metre in width at the summit of this view. A range of materials flank the passage way; brick and sandstone in particular. A true heritage experience





Dumvilles Brow. A very recent addition to Little Underbank above the entrance to the brewery




Dumvilles Brow. The rewards of this climb are really wonderful. St. Mary's sails like a ship through a sea of slate roofs and chimneys. Narrow access increases the drama of this urban walk. Speech bubbles of early signage built into the brickwork make interesting documents on the past uses and owners of a once densely populated area.