Description

CARLISLE

NY4055NW CASTLE STREET
671-1/12/76 (East side)
13/11/72 Nos.77-83 (Odd)

GV II

Includes: No.1 GREENMARKET.
House now 3 shops. Late C18. Painted render over brick (partly
exposed at time of survey) with V-jointed quoins and broad
pilasters; lead downpipes with rainwater heads, one inscribed
R & M E. C20 slate roof, vestige of rendered end chimney
stack; roof level of No.77 is slightly higher.
3 storeys, 7 bays. Central C20 glazed door and fanlight in
bolection doorcase with imposts and carved-leaf keystone.
Ground floor C20 shop windows. Pilasters divide facade into
single and double bays. Sash windows in segmental-headed
painted stone surrounds with false keystones. Inscribed panel
over central window says SIR WALTER SCOTT WAS MARRIED FROM
THIS HOUSE DEC 24TH 1797. Return gable wall becomes No.1
Greenmarket.
INTERIOR of Nos 79-83 was of interest, but gutted in 1989 -
Carlisle Museum photographed interior before work commenced.
For other views of interior see Slee (1915). Correspondence in
Cumbria County Record Office shows which house was the one
associated with Walter Scott.
(Slee, Mary: Older Carlisle: 1951-: P.8-9).

Listing NGR: NY4002055962

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584949

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