13 and 15 Castle Street and 2 Paradise Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1972. House, office.

13 and 15 Castle Street and 2 Paradise Court

WRENN ID
spare-lead-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1972
Type
House, office
OS grid reference
NY 398 560
Coordinates
54.89572, -2.93949
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

13 and 15 Castle Street and 2 Paradise Court is a building that originally consisted of three houses but is now used as one office. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and has undergone some alterations over time. The structure features Flemish bond brickwork with light headers set on a stone plinth, with all dressings made of painted stone. It has a modillioned eaves cornice and a solid parapet. The roof is covered with modern slate and includes a gabled dormer and skylights, along with a modern end chimney stack.

The building is two storeys high, with a total of six bays for No.13 and five bays for No.15, all under a common roof. It has a double-depth plan, with a rear four-bay extension and a right-angle three-bay section that is No.2 Paradise Court. A central segmental through-carriageway, which has painted quoining, divides the two houses.

No.13, located on the left, features a central panelled door with a fanlight, accessed by steps and set within an open-pedimented columned doorcase that has a block entablature and dentils. It has modern shop windows on either side. No.15 has a panelled central door in a pilastered pedimented doorcase with console brackets, also flanked by modern shop windows. To the extreme right, there is a quoined round-headed arch fitted with an iron gate that provides access to Paradise Court behind. Above, there are sash windows set in brick reveals with flat brick arches, false keystones, and painted stone sills.

Inside, the ground floor has been altered at the front, but many original 18th-century details remain, including panelled doors in panelled reveals, wooden staircases with turned newel posts, squared balusters, and moulded handrails. The moulded plaster ceiling cornices are also original, and the upper floor features a wooden fire surround decorated with swags. The interior of No.2 Paradise Court showcases exposed original roof timbers.

Local climate

13 and 15 Castle Street and 2 Paradise Court sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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