2, ALBERT STREET (See details for further address information)

A terrace of nine houses (with one on the return), now offices, a club, and a private residence, was built between 1852 and 1854. The terrace is situated on the north side of Victoria Place, with No.2 Albert Street forming the return. The building is constructed of calciferous sandstone ashlar, set on a moulded plinth, incorporating a string course, cornice, and a dwarf parapet. The roof is clad in graduated slate, with some skylights and 20th-century boxed dormers. Shared ridge chimney stacks, some rebuilt or heightened, are present.

The houses are two storeys high, with a three-bay design, except for No.2 Albert Street, which has only two bays. Paired doorways on the right and left sides feature panelled doors with overlights, accessed by steps, and are set within prostyle Ionic porches. Most of the sash windows retain glazing bars and are set within plain stone reveals over recessed aprons. Cellar windows are located beneath the ground-floor windows; the voids at Nos. 12 and 18 are protected by cast-iron patterned railings. The porch at No.12 originally contained a door, but it has been replaced with a sash window.

Nos. 16 and 18 slightly project from the rest of the terrace and feature a central raised parapet panel, echoing the facade of No.2 Albert Street. The two-bay return of No.18 fronts Albert Street and connects to No.2 Albert Street, which has a panelled door with an overlight in a pilastered surround, along with sash windows in plain reveals, and a railed cellar void that continues from No.18.

The interiors have not been inspected. Historical records indicate that the terrace was not included in the 1851 census but is depicted in Asquith's Survey of Carlisle from 1853. The Carlisle Journal of 1852 describes the discovery of Roman remains during the excavation of foundations. Deeds for No.4, detailing the builder, plasterer, and joiner, are dated July 1854. No.12 was previously listed on 13 November 1972.