2 and 4, Spencer Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1972. House. 2 related planning applications.

2 and 4, Spencer Street

WRENN ID
distant-buttress-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1972
Type
House
Address
2 and 4, Spencer Street, CA1 1BG
OS grid reference
NY 403 560
Coordinates
54.89516, -2.93125
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

2 and 4 Spencer Street are two houses that have been converted into one office space. They were built in the mid to late 1870s and are constructed of red brick on a chamfered calciferous sandstone plinth, with all dressings made of this material, some of which are partly painted. The buildings feature V-jointed quoins at the corners and a stone-bracketed metal gutter. The roofs are covered with graduated slate and are hipped at the corners, with skylights and original shared ridge brick chimney stacks. The return of No. 2 is made of ashlar.

No. 2 is two storeys high with three bays and a single-bay return facing Victoria Place. It has a central panelled door with an overlight, accessed by steps, and is set within a pilastered doorcase. There is a left through-passage with a plank door in a stone surround, and to the right, there is a squared bay window along with a sash window, both framed by eared stone architraves with bracketed sills and keystone features; similar windows are found on the return. No. 4 is also two storeys high but has two bays and a higher roof line. It features a panelled door with an overlight within a prostyle Tuscan porch. The windows are similar to those of No. 2 but do not include a bay window. The interiors have not been inspected.

Local climate

2 and 4, Spencer Street 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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