Description

CARLISLE

NY4055 ALFRED STREET NORTH
671-1/11/46 (East side)
14/12/87 Nos.1, 3 AND 5
(Formerly Listed as:
PORTLAND SQUARE
(East side)
Nos.6 AND 7
with Nos 1, 3 and 5 Alfred Street
North)

GV II

3 houses forming part of a terrace, now offices. 1870s.
Calciferous sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth with brick
returns; Nos 1 and 3 have stone-bracketed metal gutters; No.3
has a half-gabled dormer and No.5 a Dutch-gabled dormer.
Graduated greenslate roof hipped at the terrace end; white
brick ridge chimney stacks.
3 storeys, 2 bays each. Left and right panelled doors, up
steps, with fanlights and overlights; these are within a
half-column surround on No.1; a Venetian porch on No.3; and
Ionic porch on No.5. Canted bay windows (carried up to first
floor on No.5). Other upper floor windows are in chamfered
stone surrounds and architraves, some paired. No.3 has
bracketed sills and cast-iron patterned railings imitating
balconies. C20 dormer inserted in left end hip. INTERIOR not
inspected.

Listing NGR: NY4057455794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503801

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)