60, Scotch Street

No. 60 Scotch Street, formerly known as the Blue Bell Coaching Inn, is now two shops with storage space above. It dates from the late 18th century and has undergone later alterations. The building features Flemish bond brickwork with V-jointed quoins, a string course, and a modillioned eaves cornice. The roof is covered with 20th-century graduated greenslate and does not have chimney stacks.

The structure is three storeys high and has a five-bay facade. There was a former central segmental through-arch in a quoined surround. The flanking shop windows are from the 20th century. Above the archway is a Venetian window with glazing bars and a panelled apron. The building also has sash windows with glazing bars set in painted stone architraves, and smaller attic windows, with the central one being tripartite.

In 1916, it became one of the State Managed public houses, although it had shops at the front. It was sold out of state control in 1972. The interior was completely gutted in 1976, leaving only the front wall. A Civic Trust cast-metal plaque over the entrance indicates that this was one of the leading coaching inns in 18th century Carlisle.