Description

CARLISLE

NY3955NE ABBEY STREET
671-1/10/40 (West side)
01/06/49 Nos.28 AND 30

GV II

2 houses in a row. Late C18. Painted Flemish bond brickwork on
chamfered plinth (all dressings of painted stone) and
stone-bracketed metal gutter. Graduated greenslate roof with
left coped gable and kneeler; C18, C19 and C20 ridge and end
brick chimney stacks.
2 storeys under common roof, No.28 of 2 bays and No.30 of 4
bays. Both houses have off-centre panelled doors and radial
fanlights in open pedimented doorcase. Sash windows with
glazing bars, in brick reveals, stone sills and flat brick
arches. The ground floor right window of No.28 is a C20 bowed
window within the C18 window opening.
INTERIOR of No.30 has panelled shutters. Wooden hall archway
with panelled soffit. Wooden staircase with squared balusters
and moulded wooden handrail. Principal ground-floor room has
recessed alcove and moulded plaster ceiling cornice. Owner of
No.30 says that these 2 houses were originally one house and
No.28 has Victorian staircase added when the division was
made. For illustration see Country Life (1978).
(Country Life: 11 May 1978: P.1328).

Listing NGR: NY3973455993

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503772

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living