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Latitude: 54.9328 / 54°55'57"N
Longitude: -2.6815 / 2°40'53"W
OS Eastings: 356429
OS Northings: 560001
OS Grid: NY564600
Mapcode National: GBR 9CQD.8J
Mapcode Global: WH800.S89T
Plus Code: 9C6VW8M9+4C
Entry Name: Former Gasworks
Listing Date: 28 March 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087586
English Heritage Legacy ID: 78027
ID on this website: 101087586
Location: Kirkhouse, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA8
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Civil Parish: Farlam
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Farlam St Thomas a Becket
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
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NY 55 NE FARLAM KIRKHOUSE
NY 56 SE
2/36, 6/36 Former Gasworks
II
Former colliery gasworks. Dated 1883 for Messrs Thompson, lessee of the Earl of
Carlisle's collieries. Calciferous hammer-dressed sandstone, with rusticated
quoins and dressings; corrugated asbestos roof and Welsh slate, with coped
gables and kneelers. Small single-storey building with short square tapering
chimney; adjoining 2-storey tower with pyramidal roof has projecting single-
storey 2-bay extension. End entrance has been enlarged (c1920 when building was
converted to colliery foundry) with iron girder and C20 brick, date stone above
and shaped gable. Unglazed side window. Tower to right has plank door and
similar unglazed opening. Extension has plank doors. Gasworks had no external
cylinder and supplied gas for colliery works nearby. Externally complete, but
no internal fitments. Derelict at time of resurvey.
Listing NGR: NY5642960001
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