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Latitude: 54.8956 / 54°53'44"N
Longitude: -2.9329 / 2°55'58"W
OS Eastings: 340262
OS Northings: 556049
OS Grid: NY402560
Mapcode National: GBR 7CYT.TV
Mapcode Global: WH802.X6JT
Plus Code: 9C6VV3W8+6R
Entry Name: Dispensary
Listing Date: 23 April 1981
Last Amended: 11 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1196958
English Heritage Legacy ID: 386663
ID on this website: 101196958
Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA3
County: Cumbria
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
Tagged with: Building
CARLISLE
NY4056SW CHAPEL STREET
671-1/8/80 (North side)
23/04/81 Dispensary
(Formerly Listed as:
CHAPEL STREET
Former Dispensary)
GV II
Dispensary, now unoccupied. Dated and inscribed on frieze
DISPENSARY 1857; by John Hodgson of Carlisle. Calciferous
sandstone ashlar on squared plinth with modillioned eaves
cornice. Slate roof (not visible from the ground) with coped
gables; original ridge brick chimney stacks with moulded stone
caps.
2 storeys, 4 bays. Left panelled door and overlight in
pedimented pilastered doorcase. Sash windows in stone
architraves, under pediments on ground floor. Has central
eye-level inscribed stone plaque recording the founding of the
dispensary in 1782 and the renovation of this building in
1934. INTERIOR not inspected.
Carlisle Journal, 26 March 1858 refers to the opening of this
building; The plans dated 1857 are in Cumbria County Record
Office, CA/E4/2698. For history see WP Honeyman (1982). For
illustration see, Journal of the North West Civic Trust,
Spring 1985.
(Carlisle Journal: 26 March 1857; Honeyman, Dr.WP: A History
of the Carlisle Dispensary: 1982; Journal of the North West
Civic Trust: Spring 1985: P.27).
Listing NGR: NY4026256049
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