2 AND 4, DEVONSHIRE STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1990. Commercial premises. 5 related planning applications.

2 AND 4, DEVONSHIRE STREET (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
eastward-moat-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 November 1990
Type
Commercial premises
Address
2 AND 4, DEVONSHIRE STREET (See details for further address information), 69, 71 and 73, English Street, CA3 8LQ
OS grid reference
NY 401 557
Coordinates
54.8927, -2.93408
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 2 and 4 Devonshire Street, along with Nos. 69, 71, and 73 English Street, are commercial premises with offices above, built around 1854, although the ground floor has undergone alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed from calciferous sandstone ashlar and features sill bands and a stone bracketed eaves cornice. It has a hipped greenslate roof and retains original ridge brick chimney stacks, some of which have been reduced in height.

The structure stands three storeys tall on a corner site, with seven bays facing Devonshire Street and five bays on English Street, including a canted entrance bay at the corner. The ground floor is entirely modern, featuring various shop windows set between stone pilasters and topped by an overall cornice. The upper floors have sash windows, with some casements, set in stone reveals. The first floor windows are adorned with alternate segmental and triangular pediments, while the second floor features smaller windows. Both elevations display the same upper floor detailing. The interiors have not been inspected. A late 19th-century photograph of the building can be found in Perriam's 1988 publication.

Local climate

2 AND 4, DEVONSHIRE STREET (See details for further address information) 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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