Description

CARLISLE

NY4056SW CHAPEL STREET
671-1/8/80 (North side)
23/04/81 Dispensary
(Formerly Listed as:
CHAPEL STREET
Former Dispensary)

GV II

Dispensary, now unoccupied. Dated and inscribed on frieze
DISPENSARY 1857; by John Hodgson of Carlisle. Calciferous
sandstone ashlar on squared plinth with modillioned eaves
cornice. Slate roof (not visible from the ground) with coped
gables; original ridge brick chimney stacks with moulded stone
caps.
2 storeys, 4 bays. Left panelled door and overlight in
pedimented pilastered doorcase. Sash windows in stone
architraves, under pediments on ground floor. Has central
eye-level inscribed stone plaque recording the founding of the
dispensary in 1782 and the renovation of this building in
1934. INTERIOR not inspected.
Carlisle Journal, 26 March 1858 refers to the opening of this
building; The plans dated 1857 are in Cumbria County Record
Office, CA/E4/2698. For history see WP Honeyman (1982). For
illustration see, Journal of the North West Civic Trust,
Spring 1985.
(Carlisle Journal: 26 March 1857; Honeyman, Dr.WP: A History
of the Carlisle Dispensary: 1982; Journal of the North West
Civic Trust: Spring 1985: P.27).

Listing NGR: NY4026256049

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491450

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)