Monument MPM1831 - Paving, High Street

Small section of historic paving directly outside nos 49 and 50 High Street, to the side of the main pavement. The paving probably dates to between 1764 and 1774 when contracts were first issued for the paving of Portsea (then Portsmouth Common) and Portsmouth. The contracts state that materials used to pave the areas included square pitchers and planters, Purbeck stone for kerbs and steps, and brick gutters. Horse ways and carriage ways were to be paved with new Guernsey Pebbles.

Fox, Russ, 1990s, Historic Paving (Stone) (Unpublished document). SPM430.