Description

CARLISLE

NY3957SE EDEN STREET, Edentown
671-1/3/126 (East side)
Nos.28-34 (Even)

GV II

4 houses forming part of a terrace. Early 1850s. Flemish bond
brickwork with light headers, on chamfered plinth (dressings
of painted stone). Common graduated slate roof; C19 and C20
ridge and end brick chimney stacks.
2 storeys, 2 bays each; double-depth plan. Each house has a
panelled door and radial fanlight in stone surround within
deep round-arched brick reveals (all are at right except
No.30). Sash windows, most with glazing bars, in brick reveals
with stone sills and flat brick arches.
INTERIOR: panelled shutters on ground floor.
Cumbria County Record Office have the conveyance documents for
the sale of 17 plots for building at Edentown dated 1851.
Details of the Edentown estate are given in JG Middleton
(1950). The Edentown Estate was purchased as a green-field
site by the Cumberland Co-operative Benefit Building Society
in 1850. These houses have a similar appearance to 1850s
houses in Tait Street.
(Through Two Half-Centuries: History of the Cumberland ---
Building Society: 1950-: P.22).

Listing NGR: NY3955157384

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580487

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living