Lady Henrietta Hope, together with Vicountess Glenarchy provided funds for building the chapel off Hope Chapel Hill and had a square named after her, I don’t really know what happened to the no doubt good Vicountess, nothing was named after her. What did she do to annoy the populace?…Anyway, not my problem as I have just looked at one of the houses close-by, a house that was in the early 1960’s due for demolition as the row had become slums. The City council wanted to demolish them and more period property at that time, but a revered local architect, sadly now no longer with us, managed to have them saved. They were sold to individuals who took their time to renovate them. Money was tight then as it is now and a previous owner took in lodgers. Unfortunately one could not pay the rent so he agreed to paint a couple of the door panels (actually six) in the style of ‘Constable’. Quite refreshing really, and even better, the current vendor has up graded the house true to its style. However, it does have very contemporary fitments, but you can just see the chapel…   more »