COUNTY HOTEL - Carlisle - List Entry

  • Description

    Formerly Red Lion Hotel, with ground floor shops and hotel above, renamed in 1990 and recently renovated. 1894-6 for Samuel Bousfield by J Murchie. Calciferous sandstone ashlar, with string courses, sill bands and bracketed cornice. Graduated greenslate roof with lead hips on corner and pedimental dormer windows; ashlar and brick ridge chimney stacks. 3 storeys and attic, 13 bays, higher 3-storey with attic corner block with angled bay and 2-bay left return facing onto The Crescent under pavilion roof. C20 panelled doors and radial fanlight in round-headed surround with polished granite pilasters, under bracketed hood. Incised lettering over door "Red Lion Hotel". Ground-floor C20 shop windows divided by original polished granite pilasters. Canted oriel window over entrance has pediment....
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1208782
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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