28 And 30, Abbey Street

CARLISLE

NY3955NE ABBEY STREET 671-1/10/40 (West side) 01/06/49 Nos.28 AND 30

GV II

2 houses in a row. Late C18. Painted Flemish bond brickwork on chamfered plinth (all dressings of painted stone) and stone-bracketed metal gutter. Graduated greenslate roof with left coped gable and kneeler; C18, C19 and C20 ridge and end brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys under common roof, No.28 of 2 bays and No.30 of 4 bays. Both houses have off-centre panelled doors and radial fanlights in open pedimented doorcase. Sash windows with glazing bars, in brick reveals, stone sills and flat brick arches. The ground floor right window of No.28 is a C20 bowed window within the C18 window opening. INTERIOR of No.30 has panelled shutters. Wooden hall archway with panelled soffit. Wooden staircase with squared balusters and moulded wooden handrail. Principal ground-floor room has recessed alcove and moulded plaster ceiling cornice. Owner of No.30 says that these 2 houses were originally one house and No.28 has Victorian staircase added when the division was made. For illustration see Country Life (1978). (Country Life: 11 May 1978: P.1328).

Listing NGR: NY3973455993