Description

CARLISLE

NY4055 PORTLAND SQUARE 671-1/11/236 (South side) 16/12/87 Nos.16-19 (Consecutive)

GV II

4 houses in a terrace, now offices. 1870s or 1880s. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth. Graduated slate roof with half-gabled dormer windows; tall white brick chimney stacks on front roof slope. 2 and a half storeys, 2 bays each, with basements. This terrace is of one build and each pair has been treated symmetrically. Central panelled doors and overlights in stone architraves under hoodmoulds, are paired for the 2 central houses. The flanking houses have identical doorways at left and right, all up steps. Between the doorways are 2 canted bay windows. Upper floor sash windows, those over the bay window are paired. Dormers are a central pair under pent roof; 2 flanking gabled dormers and beyond at each end single dormers under pent roofs. Each upper-floor window has a scrolled apron. INTERIORS not inspected.

Listing NGR: NY4056855656

External Links

• Wikidata Q26584976

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)