Currock House Community Centre

CARLISLE

NY3854 LEDIARD AVENUE 671-1/15/190 (South side) Currock House Community Centre

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House now community centre. Early C19. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth, with string course, cornice and solid parapet. Hipped graduated greenslate roof; ashlar ridge chimney stacks. 2 storeys, symmetrical 3 bays with 2-bay returns and rear lower 2-storey, 2-bay domestic range, double-depth, central-stair plan. Central panelled door and patterned overlight in enclosed pilastered porch. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain stone reveals and recessed aprons, the side window bays projecting slightly. Right return has canted ashlar bay windows; upper floor windows same as facade. Lean-to outbuildings on the left return and rear 1937 extensions. INTERIOR has rounded stair arch with incised Greek-key design and panelled sofit. Stone staircase has patterned cast-iron balusters and moulded wooden handrail; large round-headed stair window. Replacement doors in moulded wooden architraves; panelled shutters, but in some rooms these are probably only panelled reveals. Principal rooms have marble fireplaces with cast-iron insets and grates; moulded plaster cornices to ceilings. HISTORY: A house on this site called "Cuddick" (the old name for Currock) is shown on Greenwoods Map of Cumberland, 1823. The Carlisle Journal (1934), suggests a "late Georgian" date and Robert Cowen of "Currick" is listed in Pigot & Co's 1828-9 Directory, but the Cumberland News (1984) gives 1842 as its building date; however, it would appear that the property called "Currick" on the 1841 census is this house, occupied by William Carruthers and his wife Sarah. Estate was purchased by the City Council for new housing in 1932 and stables partially demolished to provide stone for the extension of Eden Bridge. In 1934 it became a community centre and for a short period was the YHA hostel for Carlisle. (Carlisle Journal: 5 October 1934; Pigot and Co.: Directory: 1828-1829; Cumberland News: 28 September 1984).

Listing NGR: NY3999954235