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Latitude: 54.8938 / 54°53'37"N
Longitude: -2.933 / 2°55'58"W
OS Eastings: 340259
OS Northings: 555848
OS Grid: NY402558
Mapcode National: GBR 7CYV.TH
Mapcode Global: WH802.X8J6
Plus Code: 9C6VV3V8+GR
Entry Name: Nos 24 and 26 Including Railings to Front
Listing Date: 1 June 1949
Last Amended: 11 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1217914
English Heritage Legacy ID: 386796
ID on this website: 101217914
Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA3
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Carlisle
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Carlisle St Cuthbert with St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
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CARLISLE
NY4055NW LOWTHER STREET
671-1/12/208 (East side)
01/06/49 Nos.24 AND 26
including railings to front
(Formerly Listed as:
LOWTHER STREET
No 24 (County Club) and No 26 (Royal
Insurance))
GV II
2 houses, now bank and offices. 1830s. Calciferous sandstone
ashlar, rusticated on ground floor, with string course, eaves
cornice and open balustraded parapet. Graduated slate roof;
rendered ridge and end chimney stacks.
3 storeys, 3 bays each; double-depth plan; Cellar voids retain
their patterned cast-iron railings and steps down to cellar
doors. Left entrances up steps have panelled doors and
overlight in Roman Doric prostyle porches under false open
parapets. Sash windows (with glazing bars in No.26) in plain
stone reveals in cellar and ground floor; in stone architraves
above with cornices and pierced aprons. Attic windows in eared
architraves.
INTERIORS retain much original detail; panelled doors in eared
architraves and panelled internal shutters at some first-floor
windows. Moulded plaster ceiling cornices embellished with
angle heads in hallway of No.26. Panelled plaster ceiling
arches at stairs. Original stone stairs with patterned
cast-iron balusters and moulded wooden handrails.
Listing NGR: NY4025955848
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