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Sun Inn, Hawkshead
Sun Inn
locality:-   Hawkshead
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   inn
coordinates:-   SD35249808
1Km square:-   SD3598
10Km square:-   SD39


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BSD93.jpg  Innsign - the sun.
(taken 14.2.2010)  
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BSD92.jpg (taken 14.2.2010)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Sun Inn
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SUN INN PUBLIC HOUSE / / MAIN STREET / HAWKSHEAD / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76851 / SD3523698077"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Public house, shop and house. Probably C18 with later alterations. Roughcast with slate roof and some exposed stone to 1st bay. 3 storeys, 6 bays; 1st bay has 2-storey projecting wing, 6th bay has 3-storey wing, ground floor between has lean-to projection. 1st bay has windows with slate-hung lintels and casements; signs of blocked loading door. 2nd bay has bay window, canted to one end; 4th and 5th bays have small-paned casements; 6th bay has C20 shop front with plate glass casements above. 1st floor has 3 sashes with vertical glazing bars and horns and one casement to 2nd to 5th bays; 2nd floor has 2:2:3:2-light wooden mullioned windows. Entrance has panelled door with hipped roof over; plain entrance to 1st bay. One projecting lateral stack and one lateral stack to 6th bay. Left return has lean-to garage. Right return has plain casements and 1st floor entrance. Rear built into hillside below church."

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