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| Caledonian Mill, Carlisle | ||
| Caledonian Mill | ||
| Street:- | Backhouse Walk | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY40045569 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4055 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Caladonian Mill |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CALADONIAN MILL / / BACKHOUSE WALK / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 386624 / NY4004155698" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Warehouse, at one time converted to mill, now partly occupied as offices and showroom. 1840s. Coursed red sandstone on chamfered plinth, with flush quoins and stone-bracketed gutter. Slate roof; vestiges of end stone chimney stacks and external full-height chimney at rear. Built against a slope, so 5 storeys at rear but 4 storeys facing Backhouse Walk. 12 bays. Facade has off-centre loading bay with doors on each floor and gabled hoist head above. Left and right ground-floor doorways and regularly spaced casement windows, many boarded over, all in stone surrounds. Rear is similar to the facade, some windows are C20 replacements." "INTERIOR not inspected." "This building is shown on Asquiths Survey, 1853. Plans for the addition of drying kilns in 1885 and 1886, when used as an oat meal mill, are in Cumbria County Record Office, Ca/E4/1735 and 1780." |
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