Cathedral House

LANCASTER

SD4861 ST PETER'S ROAD 1685-1/5/293 Cathedral House

GV II

Presbytery for the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St Peter (qv) 1857-59, and 1895-96. By Edward Paley and extended to the south by Austin and Paley. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Built in front of a small cloister courtyard against the south side of the Cathedral. The main range faces west and is of 2 storeys with a central 2-storey canted bay window under a hipped roof. At the left it is connected to the Cathedral by a single-storey porch. The windows have chamfered surrounds and mullions and the lights have heads which are either trefoiled or have a depressed 2-centred arch. Those on the ground floor and to the bay have transoms. To the left of the bay window are 2 bays with 2-light windows. To the right is a single bay with 3-light windows. The gables are coped. 2 chimneys on the ridge and one on the left-hand gable. The Austin and Paley addition is in a similar style and projects forwards at the right; it has a chimney and a 2-storey window turret in the angle with the main range. Its gable, facing west, has a single-storey canted bay window with 2 transoms. On the south side a 2-storey projecting gabled wing contains the doorway, with a moulded pointed arch and hoodmould.

Listing NGR: SD4811461495