Three freehold houses on the east side of New Street [the "Great Piece of Ground formerly call'd Tenter Ground"] purchased in November 1792 from Robert Wilks for £4,500. The Company purchased the unexpired term of a lease on one of the houses in January 1794 from Lewis Jouenne for £500, and the assignment of a lease on the other two houses in 1793 from Mr Wilson and Mr Chater for £63.