mark1978 wrote: ↑Tue 05 Mar, 2024 8:21 pm
Having said all that... It would be very interesting to see how far they got with the original idea. Is it just bare earth behind those boards? Or the start of some sort of tunnel? Maybe even some more Victorian basements like the ones that were uncovered nearby when they were digging down for the Leeds Pipes network!
If you look at how the north side of Eastgate was developed, the present buildings are built on top of previous buildings that fronted onto Lady Lane. Presumably the original layout of Lady Lane was kept, and the new, much wider buildings stretched further south to front onto the newly created Eastgate obliterating Virginia Street, but kept the rear line along the original Lady Lane.
The south side of the of Eastgate looks to have been (eventually) built to what was the south part of Nelson Street. So what we now have is a much wider Eastgate, with the road covering what was north side of Nelson Street and the south side of Virginia Street (also completely removing Back Virginia Street which was in-between the two.
It would make sense then, depending on how far they excavated to build the north side of Eastgate, that original cellars are under the current buildings.
Hopefully the attached makes some sense!