This is a wonderful image from the National Library selection. Newport around the year 1835 around the topm end of Marketv Street. The building where the Friends Garden is now located does not look like a dwelling -- there are no proper windows. Also the arched door is unusual. Could it have been a stable for people who were coming into town to attend the market or on other business?
Note how ruinous the castle is. It was renovated and brought back into use as a dwelling around 1855 -- and the facade overlooking the town was changed almost out of recognition, with the trimming down of the left tower and the addition of assorted windows,
So this is how the centre of town will have looked around Martha's time..........
