Description

CARLISLE

NY4055 PORTLAND SQUARE 671-1/11/235 (South side) 16/12/87 No.15

GV II

House now offices. Dated 1881 on panel. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on moulded plinth, with eaves cornice. Mansard greenslate roof with original wooden gabled dormers and C20 boxed dormers; C20 railings around roof apex. Rear ashlar chimney stacks. 2 and a half storeys, 3 bays with basement; 5-bay return on Alfred Street South, in overall L-shape; double-depth plan. Central panelled door and fanlight in round-arched fluted-pilaster porch with frieze and quatrefoil panels. Flanking squared bay windows, mullioned and transomed of 3 lights; 2 lights over entrance. The return has a 2-light squared bay window at right of large full-height stair window, left single 2- and 3-light mullioned and transomed windows, all under hoodmoulds. INTERIOR has some panelled doors; moulded plaster ceiling cornices. Wooden staircase has turned and fretted balusters; newel posts are turned and carved. Segmental plaster hall arches. Windows in principal rooms are within fluted wooden pilasters.

Listing NGR: NY4058855661

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)