Description: A wonderful example of the changes in Health and Safety as a small boy stands next to the digger as it demolishes the house. 12, Portland Place has completely gone, and the Portland Brewery (later Portland Furniture Warerooms) behind it at 27, Ballance Street in the process of being demolished. 13, Portland Place, on the right, was spared a similar fate. As part of extensive and controversial redevelopment, during the period known as the 'Sack of Bath', the buildings in Portland Place adjoining Ballance Street were demolished.