Nos 37 And 39 Including Overthrow And Lamp Bracket

CARLISLE

NY4055NW LOWTHER STREET 671-1/12/211 (West side) 01/06/49 Nos.37 AND 39 including overthrow and lamp bracket (Formerly Listed as: LOWTHER STREET (West side) Nos.35, 37 AND 39)

GV II

2 houses in a row, now bank and office. Late 1830s for and by Thomas Nelson of Carlisle. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on red sandstone ashlar chamfered plinth; cornice and solid parapet. Graduated greenslate roof with gabled and hipped dormers. C19 end brick chimney stack. 2 storeys, 4 bays each, of one build; of double-depth plan. Off-centre panelled door and overlight; in antis columned surround, the same in each house. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain stone reveals and stone sills. INTERIORS have moulded plaster ceiling cornices. Internal panelled shutters at front windows. No.37 has ground floor alterations, but No.39 retains its original cantilever stone staircase with scrolled cast-iron balusters and moulded mahogany handrail. Original panelled doors. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: scrolled wrought-iron overthrow and lamp bracket in front of No.37. HISTORY: Thomas Nelson lived in Earl Street in 1837, but by 1844 he was living in Lowther Street. For early C20 illustration, when No.37 was the Judge's Residence see Perriam (1988). (Perriam DR: Carlisle in Camera: 1988-: P.53).

Listing NGR: NY4021955824