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2018 Heritage Hunt: Answers

1 Where is this boy’s statue? Blue Coat Hospital, Upper Northgate Street 2 Where is this and for an extra point what name is given to the bridge? Canal as seen from Upper Northgate Street.  The Bridge is known as Bridge of Sighs. 3 Where is this and who first built the wall? City Walls as seen from Upper Northgate St.  Built by Romans 4 Find this plaque.    What is the name of the architect mentioned? (Plaque next to steps leading to City Walls at the Northgate.)  The architect of current gateway was Thomas Harrison. 5 Where is this? This Thomas Harrison building is at the southern end of Northgate Street and today houses Shipton Building Society. 6 Where is this pub? On the corner of Lower Bridge Street and Grosvenor Street.  (Plaque on the wall facing Grosvenor Street.) 7 Where is this and for an extra point what is it? This old coaching sign is on Pied Bull, an 18th-century coaching house, in Northgate Street. 8 Where was Westminster Coach