Alnwick Civic Society
SURVEY OF FRONTAGES IN THE CONSERVATION AREA, 1996
Before restoration
Bow Allet follows the line of the Borw Burn - a.k. a. Guttergate burn. Farm shows signs to Farm Shop / Scoop Shop and beyond.
Photos show Farmhuose Scoop Shop and Stitch It
Bow Alley by Barbara Woodhouse
Bow Alley, Bow Burn by Barbara Woodhouse
From the Newcastle Journal 3 Dec 1994:
Derelict properties to get a £500,000 facelift
A series of derelict stone built properties between Alnwick Castle and the town centre, to the rear of the main shopping area along Narrowgate, are to be brought back into use through a £500,000 revitalisaton project.
The Bow Alley scheme will create seven one and two-bedroom flats for rent, two town houses for sale and two shop umts The project being carned out jointly by Alnwick Distnct Council, the trustees of the Duke of Northumberland, Newcastle based housing association; Nomad ‘Housing Group and DP Builders Ltd.
Nomad's deputy chief executive lan Prescott said: The Bow Alley properties have lain derelict for many years and present a tremendous challenge