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Latitude: 54.1071 / 54°6'25"N
Longitude: -3.229 / 3°13'44"W
OS Eastings: 319745
OS Northings: 468612
OS Grid: SD197686
Mapcode National: GBR 5NWY.QG
Mapcode Global: WH72P.C1M7
Plus Code: 9C6R4Q4C+RC
Entry Name: Works Entrance Lode and Gateway at Vickers Ship and Engineering Limited Kings Gate Including National Westminster Bank
Listing Date: 20 December 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1218444
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388536
ID on this website: 101218444
Location: Barrow Island, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA14
County: Cumbria
District: Barrow-in-Furness
Electoral Ward/Division: Barrow Island
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Barrow-in-Furness
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Barrow-in-Furness St John the Evangelist
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
BARROW IN FURNESS
SD1968 MICHAELSON ROAD, Barrow Island
708-1/13/94 (East side)
Works entrance lodge & gateway at
VSEL Kings Gate inc National
Westminster Bank
GV II
Works entrance lodge and gateway, now partly occupied by bank.
c1913. For Vickers Ltd. Snecked red sandstone with ashlar
dressings, slate roof. 2 storeys, 6x6 bays; double depth;
lean-to gatehouse and double gates attached on right. Plinth;
doorways to bays 1 & 4 with 9-panel doors, stone transoms and
overlights; sill band, lintel band and continuous dripmould to
rectangular windows with later casements. 1st floor: sill band
and rock-faced lintels to windows as ground floor. Cornice
surmounted by balustrade in 3 sections; balustrade cornice
returns as end-gable copings. Terracotta ridge tiles with 2
octagonal ridge vents having ogee cupolas; corniced stack to
rear of ridge (now heightened in brick). Adjoining on right is
the workers' entrance with double-chamfered surround having
large keyblock and balustrade over. Iron gates to right have
close bars beneath twin mid-rails, scrollwork and arched rails
above; spear finials and scrolled stiles. Included for group
value.
Listing NGR: SD1974568612
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