Blencathra Building is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1994. Former maternity ward. 7 related planning applications.
Blencathra Building
- WRENN ID
- first-oriel-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1994
- Type
- Former maternity ward
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/05/2016
NY4055 671-1/11/168
CARLISLE FUSEHILL STREET Blencathra Building
(Formerly listed as City Maternity Hospital (part of City General Hospital))
GV II Former maternity ward, originally hospital wing of Workhouse.1863-4 Lockwood & Mawson. Flemish bond brickwork on chamfered plinth (all dressings of calciferous sandstone, partly painted), with quoined angle pilasters, string courses and dentilled cornice. Hipped greenslate roof without chimneys. 2 storeys, 7 bays, the last end bays on each side project and are pedimented; built in a style to match the main workhouse building. Central C20 door in original round-arched pilastered surround. Original sash windows with glazing bars, those on ground floor in rounded stone arches with stone sills; upper floor segmental brick arches. The projections have tripartite ground-floor windows, those above of 2 lights with central colonnette, all in stone arches.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing includes the lower 3-bay flanking wings. Shown as hospital wing for Fusehill Workhouse on 1865 OS map.
Listing NGR: NY4095455512
Detailed Attributes
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