4 And 5, Paternoster Row

CARLISLE

NY3955NE PATERNOSTER ROW 671-1/10/226 (North side) 20/09/88 Nos.4 AND 5

GV II

House and shop. 1855. Flemish bond brickwork on chamfered painted stone plinth, calciferous sandstone dressings, string courses (the uppermost one underlain with white brick) and gutter brackets. Welsh slate roof with original tall ridge and end brick chimney stacks. 2-storey, 3-bay house and 2-bay shop of one build. Double-depth plan. House at the left, has central panelled door and fanlight in quoined surround with Corinthian-capital Shap granite columns in antis. Sash windows in brick reveals with chamfered Shap granite sills on ground floor and sandstone sills above; left canted oriel window. Separating the 2 parts is a large panelled carriage doorway in flat arch; cast-iron fluted angle bollards and C19 ceramic-tiled pilasters. Shop front has central door and flanking windows under overall headboard with wooden bracketed and modillioned cornice. Windows above are same as house. All ground-floor windows boarded over at time of survey. INTERIOR of house has good C19 details; mosaic tiles in hall, panelled doors, marble fireplaces and original staircase. Carlisle Journal (1855) gives the date of construction when a Roman road was discovered in digging the cellar for the house. (Carlisle Journal: 23 March 1855).

Listing NGR: NY3983255998