Rare opportunity to acquire a substantial freehold development within a desirable city centre location.
Portland Square is located to the southeast of Carlisle City Centre, in an area which was laid out as a residential suburb in the 19th Century. The Square is surrounded by a number of Victorian terraced buildings, varying in size and style; the majority of which provide either residential or office accommodation.
It benefits from close proximity to the full range of Carlisle City Centre’s services and amenities, providing excellent rail, pedestrian, cycle and road access.
Carlisle offers a good range of retail and leisure facilities, including; both high street and independent retailers, along with a number of restaurants, cafés and bars.
This area of handsome stone terraces was built in the late 1860’s and early 1880’s. Initially designed as private residences, over the years, many of the buildings have been occupied for business uses, including as offices by various Council departments and a number of NHS Trusts.
The sandstone faced three and four-storey terraces located around the Square are considered to be of high architectural quality externally with well-proportioned accommodation internally. In addition, the large and attractive central garden provides a public open space ringed by mature trees, which are a positive part of the character of the area.
Fairfield House is typically Victorian in design and includes a pitched slate roof, stone facades, bay windows and stepped access to a portico entrance. There is on-street parking to the front, together with additional parking for 6-8 vehicles, as well as a good-sized enclosed garden to the rear.
Fairfield House has most recently been used for office and clinical space. Although it has been altered over time it does retain a number of period features such as attractive ceiling cornicing, high skirting boards and an imposing staircase with a feature plaster ‘Dome’ or ‘Cupola’ above.
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