Description

CARLISLE

NY4056SW SCOTCH STREET
671-1/8/264 (West side)
13/11/72 No.60
(Formerly Listed as:
SCOTCH STREET
(West side)
No.60
(formerly listed as Blue Bell Hotel))

GV II

Formerly the Blue Bell Coaching Inn, now 2 shops with storage
accommodation over. Late C18 with later alterations. Flemish
bond brickwork with V-jointed quoins, string course and
modillioned eaves cornice. C20 graduated greenslate roof
without chimney stacks.
3 storeys, 5 bays; facade only. Former central segmental
through-arch in quoined surround. Flanking shop windows are
C20. Venetian window over archway, with glazing bars and
panelled apron. Sash windows with glazing bars in painted
stone architraves. Smaller attic windows, the central one is
tripartite. Became one of the State Managed public houses in
1916, but with shops at front; sold out of state control in
1972.
INTERIOR: completely gutted in 1976 leaving only the front
wall.
Civic Trust cast-metal plaque over entrance tells us that this
was one of the leading coaching inns in C18 Carlisle.

Listing NGR: NY4009356013

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579921

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)