it was decided during the course of the contract to proceed with the bank (now the blackwood street gallery) and manager's quarters, on the north side of the blackwood street gate, and it is probable that the gate itself and the façade linking up to the hotel were also undertaken. it was decided by 1880 to put in hand the first of the shops, being that on the south side of the blackwood street gate and it appears that instead of providing a house attached to the shop, as originally intended, quarters for the market caretaker were incorporated. the entrance way between the blackwood street gate and the market hall proper was at this stage left unroofed. this work did not embrace the buildings fronting blackwood street to the north of the present courtyard all of which are of later date.