Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NW CASTLE HILL
1685-1/6/37 (East side)
22/12/53 No.19

GV II

Dispensary, now office. 1785, altered 1845. Sandstone ashlar
facade with ashlar dressings, coursed rubble elsewhere. Slate
roof with gable chimneys. Shallow double-depth plan with small
one-storey lean-to extension at the rear.
2 storeys over a cellar, and 3 bays, of which the central one
on the first floor contains a square niche, framed by inverted
scrolled jambs under a plain cornice and containing a worn
tablet inscribed 'ILC 1845'. Sill bands on both floors, and
above first-floor windows a fluted frieze, in the centre of
which is a plain band where the painted letters 'DISPENSARY'
were just discernible in 1989, but now removed by abrasive
cleaning. Overall is a shallow moulded pediment, which has 3
ball finials, divided horizontally by thin square slabs set
diagonally. All the windows have plain reveals and 4-pane
sashes. The central round-headed doorway, up 2 nosed steps, is
flanked by engaged Tuscan columns carrying fluted entablatures
and an open pediment. The door has 9 raised and fielded
panels, and the fanlight has radiating glazing bars.
INTERIOR: contains some doorways with reeded architraves, and
panelled shutters on the first floor.
HISTORY: built by public subscription in 1785 as the second
home, until 1832, of the town's dispensary. The niche
originally contained a square Coade stone plaque representing
the Good Samaritan; this was subsequently moved and placed
above the entrance of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Ashton
Road (qv).

Listing NGR: SD4745461799

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489539

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)