Red Gables

CARLISLE

NY4055 CHATSWORTH SQUARE 671-1/11/82 (South side) 03/06/86 No.17 Red Gables

GV II

House divided into flats. 1884-5 for William Hudson Scott (of the Metal Box Co) by George Dale Oliver of Carlisle. Glazed red bricks on moulded brick plinth, with red sandstone dressings and terracotta tile decoration. Red tiled roof; original moulded brick ridge chimney stacks. 3 storeys, 3 bays, with 4-bay return on Currie Street; markedly assymmetrical in the manner of A Waterhouse. Facade left bay projects to full height with coped gables, kneelers and decorative tiles; the ground floor has a canted bay cross-mullioned window; 2-light cross-mullioned paired windows above and upper floor 3-light windows. The remaining bays have a triple-arched loggia containing an external stair to front door; the loggia entrance has a pointed arch and scrolled iron gates; other painted arches rise with the stair and have low arched balusters. The windows above are simpler, some with the mullions removed and a French window giving access to balcony over loggia, which has C20 iron railings carried round the return. The return has a left 2-storey segmental bow with 4-light brick mullioned windows; to the right a large decorative gable projection with cross mullioned windows and a half dormer. Recess between has similar cross-mullioned windows and a half dormer. Principal gables are filled with decorative terracotta panels. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORY: Carlisle Journal, 1 May 1885, records the acceptance of the design for exhibition at the Royal Acamedy; it was also illustrated in The Building News. William Hudson Scott died here in 1907 (Carlisle Journal, 18 January 1907) and it was converted to a Private School called Red Gables. School closed in December 1966 and building, which had been extensively altered internally in 1907, was gutted to form flats. Art Nouveau stained glass internal details were recorded before gutting. Original plans are in Cumbria County Record Office Ca/E4/1624 and there are further details on the school Ca/132/1907/2 and DX/991/1. A photograph showing the ground floor of the building before 1907 is in Templeton (1988), and Carlisle Museum have a photograph taken shortly after construction. The other flats in this group converted from adjoining terraced houses are not of interest. (Carlisle Journal: 1 May 1885; The Building News: 13 November 1885; Carlisle Journal: 18 January 1907; Templeton JP: Carlisle in Old Picture Postcards: 1988-: P.62).

Listing NGR: NY4056655964