Description

CARLISLE

NY4056SW SPENCER STREET
671-1/8/270 (West side)
13/11/72 Nos.2 AND 4
(Formerly Listed as:
SPENCER STREET
(West side)
Nos.2-26 (Even))

GV II

2 houses now part of one office. Mid or late 1870s. Red brick
on chamfered calciferous sandstone plinth (all dressings of
this material, partly painted) with V-jointed quoins on angle
and stone-bracketed metal gutter. Graduated slate roofs hipped
on corner with skylights; original shared ridge brick chimney
stacks. Return of No.2 is of ashlar.
No.2 is 2 storeys, 3 bays with a single-bay return on Victoria
Place; No.4 is 2 storeys, 2 bays, of higher roof line. No.2
has central panelled door and overlight, up steps, in
pilastered doorcase. Left through-passage plank door in stone
surround. Right squared bay window and sash window in eared
stone architraves with bracketed sills and keystone features;
similar windows on return. No.4 has panelled door and
overlight in prostyle Tuscan porch. Windows similar to No.2
but without bay. INTERIORS not inspected.

Listing NGR: NY4037256000

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579905

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)