Outer Bailey: Arnhem Block is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1949. Office.
Outer Bailey: Arnhem Block
- WRENN ID
- long-nave-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1949
- Type
- Office
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27/11/2019
NY3956SE 671-1/6/10
CARLISLE CARLISLE CASTLE Outer Bailey: Arnhem Block
01/06/49
GV II Master gunner's house, then garrison hospital, now English Heritage offices. 1804-5 incorporating part of an early C18 house. Flemish bond brickwork on chamfered stone plinth; calciferous sandstone gabled cornice. Graduated greenslate roof with gabled dormer windows; large C19 end brick chimney stacks.
Two storeys, five bays. Central plank door in calciferous sandstone alternate-block surround with false keystone up steps. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain reveals and painted stone sills. Gabled dormers have decorative bargeboards. Painted stone panel over entrance is inscribed ARNHEM, one of the battle honours of the Border Regiment. Rear wall incorporates C18 brickwork.
INTERIOR extensively altered.
Correspondence on its rebuilding in 1804 by Captain Hartcup is in the PRO, see McCarthy et al (1990). Became hospital by 1830 and had wings added in the 1870s, removed after 1963. The Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: NY3967256292
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