4, North Parade

No. 4 North Parade is a house that has been converted into an office. It was built in 1740 by John Wood the Elder and was restored in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof.

It stands three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and has three windows across its front. A platband is located at the first floor level. The ground floor features an eight-panel door set in a plain architrave, flanked by two late 18th-century six-over-six sash windows. Wrought iron railings enclose the area, and the basement has two nine-over-six sash windows. The first floor has three sash windows with dropped sills, six-over-nine, and corniced heads, also set in plain architraves. The second floor has six-over-six sash windows with plain architraves. The building is topped with a dentil cornice and a parapet, and it has a mansard roof with three flat-topped dormers that contain three-over-six sash windows. There is an ashlar ridge stack on the right side with chimney pots.

The interior has not been inspected, but it is noted to have decorative plasterwork on the stairs, including a moulded ceiling panel over the rounded half-landing. A photograph of the enriched plaster ceiling in the semi-circular apse on the first half landing can be found in Ison's work.

This house is part of John Wood's uncompleted scheme for the Abbey Orchard, which was developed between 1740 and 1748.