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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