No 32 and Railings to Front
NO 32 AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, 32, ABBEY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1293020
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jun-1949
- List Entry Name:
- No 32 and Railings to Front
- Statutory Address:
- NO 32 AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, 32, ABBEY STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1293020
- Date first listed:
- 01-Jun-1949
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- No 32 and Railings to Front
- Statutory Address 1:
- NO 32 AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, 32, ABBEY STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NO 32 AND RAILINGS TO FRONT, 32, ABBEY STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 39742 55984
Details
CARLISLE
NY3955NE ABBEY STREET 671-1/10/41 (West side) 01/06/49 No.32 and railings to front (Formerly Listed as: ABBEY STREET (South side) No.32)
GV II*
House now offices. c1817 for Christopher William Hutchinson of Temple Sowerby. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth (all dressings of same material) with V-jointed quoins and eaves cornice. Graduated greenslate roof; late C19 and C20 ridge and end brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays; central staircase plan. Central panelled door in pilaster and column surround in antis, under wreathed frieze and patterned overall fanlight, up stone steps. Further right panelled door and fanlight in plain reveals, up steps. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain stone reveals. INTERIOR has much original detail. Hall has panelled soffit to door arch and rib-vaulted plaster ceiling. Wooden panelled doors in fluted wooden surrounds. Moulded plaster ceiling cornices and roundels in principal rooms; internal panelled shutters are similar to the detail of the front door. Cantilever staircase with patterned cast-iron balusters and moulded mahogany handrail; large round-arched stair window with panelled reveals. Historical details are given by C Roy Hudleston, Cumberland News (1954). Carlisle Journal (1905) gives the date of the move of the County Police HQ to this building. For photograph see Country Life (1978). SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: waved speared railings around basement void and scrolled lamp bracket overthrow over steps to front door. (Cumberland News: 8 October 1954: P.3; Carlisle Journal: 25 July 1905; Country Life: 11 May 1978: P.1328).
Listing NGR: NY3974255984
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 386615
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 11 May, (1978), 1328
Carlisle Journal in 25 July, (1905)
Cumberland News in 8 October, (1954)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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