Description

CARLISLE

NY3955NE ABBEY STREET
671-1/10/39 (West side)
01/06/49 No.26

GV II*

House. Late C18. Painted incised stucco on chamfered plinth,
with painted V-jointed quoins. Graduated greenslate roof; C19
end brick chimney stacks.
2 storeys, 4 bays, double-depth plan. Off-centre panelled door
and radial fanlight, up steps, in open pedimented doorcase
with block entablature and panelled reveals. Sash windows with
glazing bars in plain reveals, stone sills and flat arches.
Speared railings around basement void, carried up to front
door.
INTERIOR has many original details; panelled doors in fluted
doorcases and internal panelled shutters on both floors.
Moulded plaster ceiling cornices and central roundels in
principal rooms; one room with alcove recess. Cantilever
wooden staircase with patterned and scrolled balusters and
moulded wooden handrail. Black and white marble fireplaces in
principal rooms. Other original cast-iron fireplaces in
bedrooms and cellar. Round-headed stair window has flanking
niches.

Listing NGR: NY3972255999

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541935

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)