King and Queen Streets, which run into the landward end of the square, are, today, little more than lanes but the substantial and impressive buildings in both of the streets show how important they once were. They mark the edge of an earlier quay and their large windows, doors and entrances would have originally looked out onto the river.
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A number of the buildings still have stone built sail lofts on their top floors which would have been used for cleaning, repairing and storing the canvas sails whilst the lower floors would have been warehouses for general goods.
Leave the square facing the river and turn left along the Quay.
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