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| Sun Inn, Ulverston | ||
| locality:- | Ulverston | |
| civil parish:- | Ulverston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | inn | |
| coordinates:- | SD28627836 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2878 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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 BMJ17.jpg Innsign. (taken 10.7.2006)  BMJ16.jpg (taken 10.7.2006) |
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) placename:- Sun |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38653.jpg page 653-654 "INNS, ... Ulverston, Bradyll's Arms, Sun." item:- JandMN : 228.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto source Page 95:- "[Ulverston] Is a neat market town, ... two good inns, the Sun, and the Bradyll's Arms. ..." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Sun Hotel |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SUN HOTEL / / MARKET STREET / ULVERSTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 459990 / SD2862378341" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Public house. Probably late C18 with C19 and late C20 alterations. Painted scored render with slate monopitch roof. 3 storeys and 5 bays. The windows have plain reveals and projecting sills and are sashed, those on the ground floor without glazing bars. The right-hand bay on the ground floor has a canted bay window recessed within a wide opening. The door, in the 3rd bay, has a painted stone doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns and a pediment. Brick chimney to left of right-hand bay." "INTERIOR remodelled." |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- Linton 1852 placename:- Sun Inn |
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| source data:- | Advertisement, for Joseph Fearon, Globe Hotel, Whitehaven, for Mary Fleming, King's
Head Inn, Broughton in Furness, for T Smith, Sun Hotel, Ulverston, and for Mr Steel,
Railway Hotel, Drigg, Cumberland, published by Whittaker and Co, London, and by R
Gibson and Son and by Callander and Dixon, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1852. click to enlargeLN1A13.jpg Advertisments p.13 in A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, by John Linton. item:- Armitt Library : A1158.26 Image © see bottom of page |
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