Description

CARLISLE

NY3854 LEDIARD AVENUE
671-1/15/190 (South side)
Currock House Community Centre

II

House now community centre. Early C19. Calciferous sandstone
ashlar on chamfered plinth, with string course, cornice and
solid parapet. Hipped graduated greenslate roof; ashlar ridge
chimney stacks.
2 storeys, symmetrical 3 bays with 2-bay returns and rear
lower 2-storey, 2-bay domestic range, double-depth,
central-stair plan. Central panelled door and patterned
overlight in enclosed pilastered porch. Sash windows with
glazing bars in plain stone reveals and recessed aprons, the
side window bays projecting slightly. Right return has canted
ashlar bay windows; upper floor windows same as facade.
Lean-to outbuildings on the left return and rear 1937
extensions.
INTERIOR has rounded stair arch with incised Greek-key design
and panelled sofit. Stone staircase has patterned cast-iron
balusters and moulded wooden handrail; large round-headed
stair window. Replacement doors in moulded wooden architraves;
panelled shutters, but in some rooms these are probably only
panelled reveals. Principal rooms have marble fireplaces with
cast-iron insets and grates; moulded plaster cornices to
ceilings.
HISTORY: A house on this site called "Cuddick" (the old name
for Currock) is shown on Greenwoods Map of Cumberland, 1823.
The Carlisle Journal (1934), suggests a "late Georgian" date
and Robert Cowen of "Currick" is listed in Pigot & Co's 1828-9
Directory, but the Cumberland News (1984) gives 1842 as its
building date; however, it would appear that the property
called "Currick" on the 1841 census is this house, occupied by
William Carruthers and his wife Sarah. Estate was purchased by
the City Council for new housing in 1932 and stables partially
demolished to provide stone for the extension of Eden Bridge.
In 1934 it became a community centre and for a short period
was the YHA hostel for Carlisle.
(Carlisle Journal: 5 October 1934; Pigot and Co.: Directory:
1828-1829; Cumberland News: 28 September 1984).

Listing NGR: NY3999954235

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491419

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)