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| Town Hall, Carlisle | ||
| Town Hall | ||
| Street:- | Market Place | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | town hall | |
| coordinates:- | NY40075595 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4055 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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 BLW56.jpg (taken 19.4.2006)  BLW58.jpg Coat of arms on the old town hall, and:- "JOSEPH PARKER ESQ MAYOR MDCCXVII" (taken 19.4.2006) |
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| Built 1717, and altered over time. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 3) placename:- Town Hall |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D44055E.jpg building item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Old Town Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "OLD TOWN HALL / / MARKET PLACE / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / I / 386808 / NY4007955964" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Includes: No.72 SCOTCH STREET." "Includes: Nos.1-7 ST ALBANS ROW." "Former town hall with shops beneath. 1668-9 (on the site of the medieval town hall), with 1717 and C19 alterations and additions. Painted stucco walls on chamfered plinth, red sandstone eaves cornice and solid parapet. 1717 extension is of red sandstone ashlar with V-jointed quoins (all dressings of calciferous sandstone) and eaves cornice; early C19 extension is of stucco (over brick) with ground-floor pilasters and rusticated ashlar. Graduated greenslate roofs, partly hipped; coped with kneelers on higher early C19 extension, with vents and bellcote on central part and clock tower cupola on 1717 extension. Painted stucco ridge chimney stacks. Central oldest part is 2 storeys, 7 bays; right-angle right 1717 extension of same height has 2 projecting bays on the main facade and a 5-bay return which is No.72 Scotch Street; higher 3-storey single-bay early C19 extension at left; the shops at the rear are Nos 1, 3, 5 &7 St Albans Row; forms an overall L-shape. Central external serpentine stone steps to upper-floor council chamber (added c1825, replacing C17 steps) of 2 flights and are of red sandstone ashlar with round and squared piers and speared railings; segmental arch under stairs originally gave access to lock up cells; above are double plank doors in stone architrave under a pediment with the city arms and ball finial. Ground floor C19 and C20 shop windows; upper floor sash windows in C19 stone architraves (c1825 replacing cross-mullioned windows). The bell and bellcote are an 1886 replacement after a fire. The right extension has a panel on the main facade giving the city arms, name of Mayor and date of 1717 in Roman numerals; this and the Scotch Street facade have C20 ground-floor shop windows and sash windows in stone architraves above. At the right a segmental through archway gives access from Scotch Street to St Albans Row. Clock tower on this extension is also of 1717, with clock faces on 3 sides (originally with just an hour hand) and ball and weather vane finial. The left extension has C19 ground-floor shop windows; sash windows above, those on the main facade in stone architraves. The rear, facing St Albans Row, has ground-floor casements windows and half glazed doors, restored in 1987 to their 1835 appearance; one upper-floor window, now partly blocked, was re-exposed in 1987 to show this is one of the original 1669 cross-mullioned windows; other half-dormers were added in 1867." "INTERIOR: the council chamber has C19 wooden panelling; where the main trusses have been cut away, carved city coats-of-arms have been added; part of the panelled seating survives. Other rooms have ribbed plaster ceilings and C19 panelled doors." "HISTORY: The original contract for the Town Hall dated 1668 is in Cumbria County Record Office and an extract from the council minutes for 23 July 1669 shows the work was carried out; in Cumbria County Record Office is a voucher for a model to be made for the new Town Hall in 1716 (Ca/2/3); there are also vouchers for the old and new halls in 1732-3 (Ca/Vouchers/1732-3); a lithograph showing the Town Hall as it appeared in c1780 is in M Nutter (1835); a watercolour of 1788 (Jackson Collection) shows that the left extension did not exist then, but it is shown on an oil painting by William Brown of 1825; there is also a contract for alterations dated 4 May 1825 (Ca/5/1/50). Details of the 1867 alterations are given in Carlisle Journal (1867). Details on the history are given in Trans. CWAAS, NS XC." "Nutter M: Carlisle in the Olden Times: 1853-" "Carlisle Journal: 30 April 1867" "Jackson Collection: Carlisle Library: A693; Cumb. & West. Antiquarian &Archaeological Soc., New Series: XC: P.170-171" |
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| evidence:- | old print:- item:- Steel Monument (?) |
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| source data:- | Print, polychrome, Town Hall, Market Place, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Joseph W Simpson,
about 1939. click to enlargePR1021.jpg View of Carlisle Town Hall on a sunny day. signed at bottom right on print:- "Simpson" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1968.43.2 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | old postcard:- placename:- Town Hall |
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| source data:- | Postcard, photograph, Town Hall and Scotch Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, published
by Valentine's, Dundee, Angus, about 1918? click to enlargePR1071.jpg printed at upper left:- "Town Hall and Scotch Street, Carlisle" printed at reverse:- "Valentine's Series" item:- JandMN : 371 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Carlisle Town Hall item:- flag; costume |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Town Hall as it Appeared at Her Majesty's Diamond
Jubilee, June 22nd 1897, Carlisle, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1897. click to enlargePR1283.jpg A view of the town hall and market cross viewed from the market square; the streets are decked in bunting and several flags hang outside the town hall. Several figures sit on the steps at the base of the market cross; others wander past, alone or in pairs. Three unattended dogs are depicted in the foreground. signed &dated at bottom left:- "Thos. Bushby. 1897." inscribed at bottom right:- "Carlisle Town Hall. As it appeared at Hre Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. June 22nd 1897" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.131 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | old print:- |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, market cross, Carlisle, Cumberland, published by the
Illustrated London News, 12 August 1882. click to enlargePR0308.jpg Illustrations of place visited by the Royal Archaeological Institute. item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.308 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Town Hall |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Inauguration of the Steel Monument, Carlisle, Cumberland,
from a photograph by Mr Bannister, about 1858? click to enlargePR0306.jpg There is accompanying text - James Steel, born 1797; editor of the Carlisle Journal from about 1836; mayor of Carlisle, 1845-46; died 16 December 1851. From the Illustrated London News? printed at bottom:- "INAUGURATION OF THE STEEL MONUMENT AT CARLISLE ON THE 16TH ULT." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.306 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph, The Town Hall of Carlisle and the city counil in 1780, Cumberland,
by Matthew Ellis Nutter, engraved by Haghe, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle,
Cumberland, 1835. click to enlargePR1307.jpg View of the Town Hall at is appeared in 1780; the work was executed as one of a series of 17 copies of works by Robert Carlyle and published by Thurnam as Carlisle in the Olden Time. item:- Tullie House Museum : 1980.146.1 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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 BLW57.jpg An illegible coat of arms on the old town hall, and a plaque, lower:- "RICHARD JACKSON ESQR. MAYOR 1799" (taken 19.4.2006) |
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