Clydesdale Bank

CARLISLE

NY4055NW BANK STREET 671-1/12/49 (South side) 22/03/74 Nos.10, 12 AND 14 Clydesdale Bank

GV II

Bank. 1878 for the Clydesdale Bank by Hetherington and Oliver of Carlisle. Red sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth, with interval pilasters, string courses and pierced quatrefoil parapet. Slate roof not visible from the street; clustered columned ashlar ridge chimney stacks. 3 storeys, 7 bays. Central C20 glazed doors in segmental-arched surround with paired polished granite colonnettes and overall overlight. Left and right plank doors with scrolled hinge brackets, in moulded surrounds under 2-light quatrefoil overlights; inscribed over each door OFFICE and OFFICES. Cross-mullioned windows, those on ground floor with cusped lights under quatrefoils, all others have cusped headed upper lights; windows on upper floor under segmental arches; 3-light windows above entrance, 2-light elsewhere. INTERIOR extensively altered on the ground floor. Original drawings are in Cumbria County Record Office, Ca/E4/1079,1091 and 1114; an engraving of the building in Carlisle Library is thought to have come from the Builder. First Scottish provincial branch in England and caused questions to be asked in Parliament. See Charles W Munn, (1988) and Team Spirit (1988). (Munn, Charles W: Clydesdale Bank; the first 150 years; Team Spirit: September 1988: P.20).

Listing NGR: NY4016955827