Description

CARLISLE

NY4055NW LOWTHER STREET
671-1/12/204 (East side)
22/03/74 Nos.10, 12 AND 14
(Formerly Listed as:
LOWTHER STREET
(East side)
Nos.10, 12, 14 AND 22)

GV II

Spirit vaults with shop and office extension, now 2 offices
with saleroom behind. 1868 and 1881 for Hope and Bendal, wine
& spirit merchants, both by Daniel Birkett of Carlisle.
Quarry-faced calciferous sandstone, on chamfered ashlar
plinth, with bracketed cornice and balustraded parapet.
Graduated greenslate roof, moulded ashlar ridge and end
chimney stacks.
Spirit vaults are to the right, 2 storeys, 3 bays; the left
extension is of 2-and-a-half storeys, 5 bays, very carefully
matched to look of one build with a continuous cornice and
parapet. Spirit vaults have right panelled doors, up
semicircular steps, and fanlight in granite colonnette
surround under shaped hoodmould. Central oriel window above
has shouldered-arched lights with octofoils above, flanked by
sash windows in chamfered surrounds. Left extension (the
straight joint is hidden by a downpipe) has off-centre
panelled double doors in elliptical arch; 2 canted bays to the
left retain original glazing bars and right cusped paired sash
windows; windows and door under a continuous shaped hoodmould.
Left panelled door and boarded overlight up steps in surround
to match the door in the spirit vaults. Upper floor casement
windows with original glazing bars, that on right paired, in
stone architraves under cornices. Half-dormers above are also
casements under shaped pediments.
INTERIOR behind central door has stained glass screen, other
details hidden by modern fascias. Extensive vaulted wine
cellars.
Original plans for both parts of the building are in Cumbria
County Record Office, Ca/E4/950 (approved 8 December 1868) and
1415 (approved 17 June 1881). Hope and Bendal became part of
the State Management Scheme in 1916 and was sold off in 1972.

Listing NGR: NY4026355796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512585

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