4-16, ST ALBANS ROW

4 to 16 St Albans Row is a terrace of four or more houses, now converted into four shops. The buildings date from the early to mid-18th century and have undergone later alterations. They feature cement-rendered walls, which are partly painted, and have roofs made of Welsh and greenslate, with one rendered ridge chimney stack. The terrace is three storeys high, with two bays for each house, except for numbers 8 and 14, which have three bays. The ground floor has 20th-century shop windows, while the upper floors contain sash windows, most of which have glazing bars. Numbers 8 and 14 have stone architraves, and the windows in number 16 have been replaced by casements on the first floor, with the area above blocked. The front of number 4 is obscured by the 1717 extension to the Old Town Hall, but its ground-floor shop window is visible through the archway under the extension. The interiors of numbers 8 and 14 were completely gutted in 1989; the other interiors have not been inspected. For historical details of this site, refer to the Cumbrian and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Transactions, New Series XC, pages 167-170.