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48, Abbey Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Carlisle, Cumbria

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8948 / 54°53'41"N

Longitude: -2.9402 / 2°56'24"W

OS Eastings: 339794

OS Northings: 555962

OS Grid: NY397559

Mapcode National: GBR 7CXV.75

Mapcode Global: WH802.T72G

Plus Code: 9C6VV3V5+WW

Entry Name: 48, Abbey Street

Listing Date: 1 June 1949

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1208720

English Heritage Legacy ID: 386619

ID on this website: 101208720

Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA3

County: Cumbria

District: Carlisle

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Carlisle

Traditional County: Cumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Carlisle St Cuthbert with St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description



CARLISLE

NY3955NE ABBEY STREET
671-1/10/45 (West side)
01/06/49 No.48

GV II

House and workshop, now house and restaurant. Late C17 or
early C18 with later alterations and C19 workshop. Painted
brick walls on chamfered plinth. Graduated greenslate roof;
C20 ridge brick chimney stacks.
2 storeys, 4 bays. Right 3 bays symmetrical, have central
panelled door in bolection architrave with pulvinated frieze
and cornice. Sash windows with glazing bars in C19 painted
stone surround; to left C18 sash window with glazing bars in
brick reveals under flattened arch and false keystone. The
left return wall is built partly on the reduced medieval wall
of the adjoining Priory of St Mary. INTERIOR not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: When a school in the early C19, Thomas Bouch,
the engineer and designer of the ill-fated Tay Bridge, was a
pupil here.


Listing NGR: NY3979455962

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