3-17, Victoria Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1949. Terrace of houses. 6 related planning applications.

3-17, Victoria Place

WRENN ID
stark-lime-flax
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 1949
Type
Terrace of houses
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A terrace of eight houses, numbered 3 to 17, now used as offices, was constructed in the late 1840s, the early 1850s, and the early 1880s. The buildings are constructed of calciferous sandstone ashlar, set on a moulded plinth, with a string course, cornice, and a low, solid parapet. They have graduated slate roofs, with one house featuring a dormer window, and shared brick chimney stacks.

The houses are two storeys high and three bays wide each, except for number 17, which has a fourth bay above a segmental carriage arch with railed gates. The paired doorways, accessed by steps, have panelled doors and overlights, sheltered by prostyle Ionic porches. Sash windows with glazing bars are set in plain stone reveals over recessed aprons. Some houses have cellar windows, while others appear not to have originally had cellars. Cast-iron railings are visible in some of the voids.

The interiors of the buildings have not been inspected. The terrace, along with the one opposite, was designed to harmonise with the earlier, individual houses at numbers 1 and 2, creating the impression of a single build. Directories indicate that numbers 1 and 2 were the only houses listed in 1847, but the street extended only to number 7 by 1851. By 1873, the street was still described as ending at number 7, but number 9 had been built by 1880. Numbers 11 to 17 are documented in the 1884 directory. J. Cornforth described the terrace as "the best late-classical street" in the city in a Country Life publication in 1978, though he questioned the dates of construction.

Numbers 13, 15, and 17 were initially listed on 13 November 1972.

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