Spotted

This dog has always puzzled me. It has something of an Egyptian feel to it but is alien in its context.

It sits high above a discount store, but looks like it has been there a long time. Equally, it might be a piece of contemporary tat. Whichever, it brings a unique quality to this corner of town.

Postscript: It seems it's a greyhound and marks the C17/18th Greyhound coaching inn whose entrance lay below the statue. The dog was retained when the original inn was demolished and incorporated into the new (1894) building.