Day-to-night: No.1 Waterloo Street, Ironbridge

This Victorian building stands at the junction of Waterloo Street with Madeley Bank in Ironbridge Town in Shropshire. It is interesting in that it has been built specifically for the shape of the plot of land; narrow at the front and wide at the rear.

The little shop at the front has hosted a number of businesses over the years, from a double-glazing company to a bridal shop. The latest, I seem to remember, was a hairdressers. Sadly, none of them seem to stay for very long. Although it is in an ideal location to be seen (right by a traffic island) the access to it means that you sometimes have to take your life in your hands because it is difficult to predict which way the traffic is going to go – which also limits any passing footfall.