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Clydesdale Bank

A Grade II Listed Building in Carlisle, Cumberland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8936 / 54°53'36"N

Longitude: -2.9344 / 2°56'3"W

OS Eastings: 340169

OS Northings: 555827

OS Grid: NY401558

Mapcode National: GBR 7CYV.JL

Mapcode Global: WH802.W8VB

Plus Code: 9C6VV3V8+C7

Entry Name: Clydesdale Bank

Listing Date: 22 March 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1297357

English Heritage Legacy ID: 386627

ID on this website: 101297357

Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA3

County: Cumberland

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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Description


CARLISLE

NY4055NW BANK STREET 671-1/12/49 (South side) 22/03/74 Nos.10, 12 AND 14 Clydesdale Bank

GV II

Bank. 1878 for the Clydesdale Bank by Hetherington and Oliver of Carlisle. Red sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth, with interval pilasters, string courses and pierced quatrefoil parapet. Slate roof not visible from the street; clustered columned ashlar ridge chimney stacks. 3 storeys, 7 bays. Central C20 glazed doors in segmental-arched surround with paired polished granite colonnettes and overall overlight. Left and right plank doors with scrolled hinge brackets, in moulded surrounds under 2-light quatrefoil overlights; inscribed over each door OFFICE and OFFICES. Cross-mullioned windows, those on ground floor with cusped lights under quatrefoils, all others have cusped headed upper lights; windows on upper floor under segmental arches; 3-light windows above entrance, 2-light elsewhere. INTERIOR extensively altered on the ground floor. Original drawings are in Cumbria County Record Office, Ca/E4/1079,1091 and 1114; an engraving of the building in Carlisle Library is thought to have come from the Builder. First Scottish provincial branch in England and caused questions to be asked in Parliament. See Charles W Munn, (1988) and Team Spirit (1988). (Munn, Charles W: Clydesdale Bank; the first 150 years; Team Spirit: September 1988: P.20).

Listing NGR: NY4016955827

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