| The Marks & Spencer Cave is under 46 Bridlesmith Gate. To the east there are brick steps leading upwards to an entrance which is now blocked by the building above. In the roof of the cave there is the remains of a brick-lined shaft which may have been a chimney as it has carbon deposits on it. This shaft was about 2 feet (60 cm) in height but was truncated when a new building was recently constructed above. At one side of this cave there is a V-shaped recess in the floor whose purpose is a mystery. |  |
| There is a bench along one wall made of stone blocks resting on a brick base. Three of the blocks have been deliberately shaped suggesting that they were previously part of a building and have been reused. Although the cave’s original purpose is not known, that it is known to have been used as a coal cellar by the occupants of the building above during the late nineteenth century. There are further caves situated to the north of this cave. The entrance to these caves has been bricked up but it is still visible in the cave wall. The blocked caves stretch under Pepper Street and are not accessible. |  Pit in the Marks & Spencer Cave |