Description

CARLISLE

NY4055NW ENGLISH STREET
671-1/12/128 (West side)
13/11/72 Nos.4-10 (Even)
Crown and Mitre Hotel

GV II

Includes: No.54 CASTLE STREET.
Hotel with shops beneath. 1903-5 for Walter Scott, by George
Dale Oliver of Carlisle. Ground floor rusticated red sandstone
ashlar; brick walls above with flush stone quoins (all
dressings of red sandstone), string courses, eaves cornice and
open balustraded parapet. Greenslate mansard roof with dormer
windows; red brick ridge chimney stacks.
4 storeys, 11 bays. Central and end projecting bays are
carried above the eaves with prominent shaped gables. Central
C20 glazed doors in original round stone arch with panelled
sofits; round-arched side lights. 2-storey mullioned and
transomed bay windows above have a carved panel between of Art
Nouveau figures and scrolled vine leaves. Ground floor C20
shop windows within original divisions of rusticated pilasters
and decorative carved panels. Recessed bays have a first-floor
open-balustraded balcony with (non-original) urn finials.
Upper-floor 3-light windows are mullioned and transomed, 2nd
floor with one, 1st floor with 2 transoms and some in the end
bays with side lights. Separate carved Crown and Mitre on
projecting end bays have painted details.
INTERIOR retains much original detail; rib-panelled plaster
ceilings, some with modillioned cornices, banded marble walls
in hall, dado panelling and marble columns; Art Nouveau relief
plaster panel of Peace and Plenty. Staircase with wrought-iron
balusters and moulded wooden handrail. Stained glass window on
stairs has Crown and Mitre theme. Ballroom has 2 rows of
painted stone composite columns and pilasters; coved aisles
and musicians' gallery.
Original plans and section dated 1902 are in Cumbria County
Record Office (Ca/E4/13487). Carlisle Journal (1905), stated
it was to open on 6th June and had cost »50,000. One of the
shops at the right on the ground floor is No.54 Castle Street.
(Carlisle Journal: 19 May 1905).

Listing NGR: NY4000455942

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584944

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