Carlisle House

Carlisle House is a hotel and offices, later converted into an office block and shop, built between 1905 and 1906. The design is by Bradshaw Gass and Hope. The building is constructed with a steel frame, faced with stone, and has a steeply pitched slated roof with two levels of dormers. It stands freely to the front and sides. The architectural style is Edwardian Baroque.

The building is six storeys high, plus roof storeys at two levels, and comprises five bays with corner turrets. The ground and first floors are rusticated, above ashlar facing. The main entrance is on the left-hand corner, featuring a round-headed design with a rusticated keystone, voussoirs, a cartouche above, and a broken segmental pediment. Most windows are square-headed, with the exception of those on the fourth floor, which are round-headed with heavy keys. There are segmental pediments over the first-floor centre windows, and a continuous cast-iron balcony. Cornices are present above the ground and first floors, with a main cornice above the fourth floor, and a smaller subsidiary cornice to the fifth floor. Giant pilaster strips rise from the second through to the fourth floor. The corner turrets project from the first floor level and rise to copper-covered domes; these turrets feature irregular, narrow, vertically arranged windows. The returns have a broad segmental pediment above the fourth floor, and a tall, pedimented gable above. Tall slab chimneys are also present.

The interior retains its original staircase and panelling to the first floor.

Carlisle House is an early example of a substantial building using steel frame construction. Historical records show it was illustrated in The British Architect on 1 March 1907.