14, 16 AND 18, KELLS PLACE

These are three houses, originally built as four in a row, likely dating from the early 18th century, with alterations in the 19th century and later extensions to the rear. The walls are cement-rendered and the roof is covered in graduated greenslate, with cement-rendered chimney stacks. Each original house was two bays wide, and the two houses on the right have been combined into one. Each house has a plank door set within a painted stone surround. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, set in painted stone surrounds, and retain shutter hinge brackets on the ground floor, along with some wing retaining catches. A single small casement window is located above one doorway. The interiors have not been inspected. The original cobbled road surface in front of the houses is believed to represent the route of the main road between Carlisle and Newcastle before the construction of the Military Road (Brampton Road) in 1757. The houses were built on part of the site of the Roman fort at Stanwix.