Reading a lane by its doorways
One short cobbled lane, walked slowly, turns out to be a record of every owner who wanted a different front door.
Walk the lane slowly and the houses stop looking alike. The stone is the same, the balconies line up, and the lanterns are spaced as if someone measured them once. The doorways are all arguments with the house next door.
I counted twenty-two doors between the two corners. A few are heavy wooden ones set deep in the wall, a few are narrow and newer, and two have clearly been moved: the brick around them is a different colour from the stone above.
Steps and thresholds
The thresholds are the best clue. A worn step under a new door suggests an old house with a new owner. A clean step under an old door usually means the level of the lane changed at some point, and the cobbles were laid again around it.
Try it on your own street. Start with the doors that do not quite fit their frames.