Herbert Atkinson House

CARLISLE

NY3956SE ABBEY STREET 671-1/6/32 (East side) 01/06/49 No.13 Herbert Atkinson House

GV II

House, lately teachers' centre. Late C18. Flemish bond brickwork with light headers on chamfered stone plinth, with painted stone dressings, string course and eaves cornice. Welsh slate roof; right C19 end brick chimney stack. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Central staircase plan. Central panelled door and radial fanlight in pilastered surround with imposts and keystones. Right panelled through-passage door and glazed fanlight in similar surround. Sash windows with glazing bars in brick reveals, with stone sills and false keystones in flat brick arches. Stone over entrance inscribed "Herbert Atkinson House". Row of circular cast-iron tie-beam plates between floors. INTERIOR has some original doors covered with modern fascias, in panelled reveals. Panelled built-in cupboards in rear upper floor rooms. Original wooden staircase with shaped tread ends and moulded handrail. Moulded plaster ceiling cornices with a roundel in first floor room. Purchased on 6 November 1934 by Carlisle Corporation through the efforts of Councillor Herbert Atkinson and hence the name of the house. Opened as an education centre 14 June 1965. For illustration see Perriam (1988). (Perriam DR: Carlisle in Camera: 1988-: P.57).

Listing NGR: NY3973756017