▁site ▁of ▁Tru ro ' s ▁Christmas ▁tree ▁during ▁the ▁fest ive ▁season . ▁ ▁One ▁building ▁on ▁High ▁Cross ▁has ▁certain ▁significance ; ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁Assembly ▁Ro oms ▁building , ▁a ▁W arr ens ▁Bak ery ▁store ▁until ▁March ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 9 ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁Tru ro ' s ▁high ▁society , ▁containing ▁the ▁Old ▁Assembly ▁H alls ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁the ater . ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁b ust s ▁above ▁the ▁first ▁floor ▁windows , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁actor ▁and ▁the atr ical ▁producer ▁David ▁G arr ick , ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁of ▁William ▁Shakespeare . ▁ ▁The ▁c ob bles ▁in ▁High ▁Cross ▁were ▁con cret ed ▁over ▁when ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁II ▁visited ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁restored ▁afterwards . ▁ ▁A ▁multi - store y ▁car ▁park ▁nearby ▁has ▁the ▁name ▁" High ▁Cross ". ▁The ▁area ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁noted ▁for ▁its ▁high ▁number ▁of ▁anti - social ▁behaviour ▁inc idents . ▁ ▁C elt ic ▁cross ▁At ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁square ▁near ▁P yd ar ▁Street , ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁ancient , ▁Gra de ▁II - list ed ▁C elt ic ▁cross , ▁un ear th ed ▁during ▁a ▁development ▁project ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁A ▁cross ▁in ▁Tru ro ▁was ▁mentioned ▁in ▁a ▁document ▁of ▁ 1 2 9 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁during ▁exc av ations