Western Dwellings was built beside the steps leading down to Southern Row. The flats were entered through arched door ways which lead onto stone stairways. The insides of these arched entrances were tiled in dark-coloured Victorian tiles with each panel portraying a scene of working people.
In the 1890s, an outbreak of typhoid was noted there.
Beside the flats was Hamrax, the motorcyclists’ emporium, and a tobacconists/sweet shop.