Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Carlisle: Abbey Street, 32 | ||
| Street:- | Abbey Street | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY39745598 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3955 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BXH38.jpg (taken 17.9.2012)  BXH39.jpg Door, steps, railings ... (taken 17.9.2012) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "NO 32 AND RAILINGS TO FRONT / 32 / ABBEY STREET / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 386615 / NY3974255984" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "House now offices. c1817 for Christopher William Hutchinson of Temple Sowerby. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth (all dressings of same material) with V-jointed quoins and eaves cornice. Graduated greenslate roof; late C19 and C20 ridge and end brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays; central staircase plan. Central panelled door in pilaster and column surround in antis, under wreathed frieze and patterned overall fanlight, up stone steps. Further right panelled door and fanlight in plain reveals, up steps. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain stone reveals." "INTERIOR has much original detail. Hall has panelled soffit to door arch and rib-vaulted plaster ceiling. Wooden panelled doors in fluted wooden surrounds. Moulded plaster ceiling cornices and roundels in principal rooms; internal panelled shutters are similar to the detail of the front door. Cantilever staircase with patterned cast-iron balusters and moulded mahogany handrail; large round-arched stair window with panelled reveals. Historical details are given by C Roy Hudleston, Cumberland News (1954). Carlisle Journal (1905) gives the date of the move of the County Police HQ to this building. For photograph see Country Life (1978)." "SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: waved speared railings around basement void and scrolled lamp bracket overthrow over steps to front door." "Cumberland News: 8 October 1954: P.3" "Carlisle Journal: 25 July 1905" "Country Life: 11 May 1978: P.1328" |
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| observation:- |
Notice the mark of a badge above the door. This was once the county police HQ. |
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