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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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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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