Description

CARLISLE

NY3956SE CASTLE STREET
671-1/6/67 (East side)
24/05/93 No.3

GV II

House now office. 1840s for George Gill Mounsey. Calciferous
sandstone ashlar on chamfered stone plinth, with raised
quoins, string course, cornice and solid parapet. Slate roof;
C19 and C20 end brick chimney stacks.
2 storeys, 3 symmetrical bays. Full-height recessed central
bay has raised quoins. Central C20 panelled door with
overlight in tetrastyle pilastered surround under plain
entablature and cornice. Sash windows with glazing bars in
stone architraves, those on upper floor with cornices; aprons
on the ground floor and over entrance.
INTERIOR has panelled doors in wooden architraves. Moulded
plaster ceiling cornices; hall scrolled brackets. Internal
stone staircase has patterned cast-iron balusters and moulded
wooden handrail. Some plain painted stone fire surrounds. For
details on the Mounsey family and their standing in the
community, see Country Life (7 September 1989).
(Country Life: Worsley, Giles: 7 September 1989; Castletown
House, Cumberland: P.134-9).

Listing NGR: NY3981156100

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503999

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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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)