Dispensary is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1981. Dispensary. 2 related planning applications.

Dispensary

WRENN ID
vacant-bronze-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1981
Type
Dispensary
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CARLISLE

NY4056SW CHAPEL STREET 671-1/8/80 (North side) 23/04/81 Dispensary (Formerly Listed as: CHAPEL STREET Former Dispensary)

GV II

Dispensary, now unoccupied. Dated and inscribed on frieze DISPENSARY 1857; by John Hodgson of Carlisle. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on squared plinth with modillioned eaves cornice. Slate roof (not visible from the ground) with coped gables; original ridge brick chimney stacks with moulded stone caps. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Left panelled door and overlight in pedimented pilastered doorcase. Sash windows in stone architraves, under pediments on ground floor. Has central eye-level inscribed stone plaque recording the founding of the dispensary in 1782 and the renovation of this building in 1934. INTERIOR not inspected. Carlisle Journal, 26 March 1858 refers to the opening of this building; The plans dated 1857 are in Cumbria County Record Office, CA/E4/2698. For history see WP Honeyman (1982). For illustration see, Journal of the North West Civic Trust, Spring 1985. (Carlisle Journal: 26 March 1857; Honeyman, Dr.WP: A History of the Carlisle Dispensary: 1982; Journal of the North West Civic Trust: Spring 1985: P.27).

Listing NGR: NY4026256049

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