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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) 
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.
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item:-  JandMN : 1023.49
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"/ 17 AND 18 / DEVONSHIRE STREET / PENRITH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72824 / NY5154130203"
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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Baren, Maurice: 2002: How it all Began in the Lake District: Dalesman Publishing Co (Skipton, North Yorkshire):: ISBN 1 85568 195 1

person:-   draper
 : Arnison, N and Son
date:-   2006

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