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| Penrith: Arnison's | ||
| N Arnison and Son | ||
| Street:- | Devonshire Street | |
| locality:- | Penrith | |
| civil parish:- | Penrith (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | draper's | |
| locality type:- | shop | |
| locality type:- | clothes shop | |
| coordinates:- | NY515302 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5130 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s (edn 1903) |
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| source data:- | Advertisements, for N Arnison and Sons, drapers, 18 Devonshire Street, Penrith, Cumberland,
published in a guide book by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, 1903. click to enlargeUN1A24.jpg item:- JandMN : 1023.49 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "/ 17 AND 18 / DEVONSHIRE STREET / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72824 / NY5154130203" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "C18 and later. Painted ashlar with rusticated quoins and top cornice. Three storeys. A plaque states that the grandparents of William and Dorothy Wordsworth lived here. The facade, at least, has been rebuilt. Present draper's shop established here 1742. Now has elaborate Victorian shop fronts on west and south, with narrow colonnets, glazed scrolled friezes, some round arched moulded windows with triple keystones, and panels of raised lettering, "drapers, silk mercers, hosiers, glovers etc." Two upper storeys have sash windows (5 on west, 3 on south, and 2 on east facade, on each floor). Interior has iron columns, and iron balusters to staircase, shop fittings of mahogany with dentilled cornices." |
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 BXM08.jpg (taken 5.10.2012)  BRT60.jpg (taken 22.10.2009)  BXM10.jpg (taken 5.10.2012) |
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| Baren, Maurice: 2002: How it all Began in the Lake District: Dalesman Publishing Co
(Skipton, North Yorkshire):: ISBN 1 85568 195 1 |
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| person:- | draper : Arnison, N and Son |
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| date:- | 2006 |
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