Description

CARLISLE

NY4055 PORTLAND SQUARE
671-1/11/235 (South side)
16/12/87 No.15

GV II

House now offices. Dated 1881 on panel. Calciferous sandstone
ashlar on moulded plinth, with eaves cornice. Mansard
greenslate roof with original wooden gabled dormers and C20
boxed dormers; C20 railings around roof apex. Rear ashlar
chimney stacks.
2 and a half storeys, 3 bays with basement; 5-bay return on
Alfred Street South, in overall L-shape; double-depth plan.
Central panelled door and fanlight in round-arched
fluted-pilaster porch with frieze and quatrefoil panels.
Flanking squared bay windows, mullioned and transomed of 3
lights; 2 lights over entrance. The return has a 2-light
squared bay window at right of large full-height stair window,
left single 2- and 3-light mullioned and transomed windows,
all under hoodmoulds.
INTERIOR has some panelled doors; moulded plaster ceiling
cornices. Wooden staircase has turned and fretted balusters;
newel posts are turned and carved. Segmental plaster hall
arches. Windows in principal rooms are within fluted wooden
pilasters.

Listing NGR: NY4058855661

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491401

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)