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| Carnegie Arts Centre, Workington | ||
| Carnegie Arts Centre | ||
| Carnegie Theatre | ||
| Street:- | William Street | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | arts centre | |
| locality type:- | theatre | |
| coordinates:- | NY00202885 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0028 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY02 | |
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 BUO32.jpg (taken 13.5.2011)  BUO33.jpg "AC" Andrew Carnegie (taken 13.5.2011) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Carnegie Arts Centre and Theatre item:- date stone (1904) |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CARNEGIE ARTS CENTRE AND THEATRE / / FINKLE STEET / WORKINGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72267 / NY0019028850" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Library now art centre and theatre. Dated 1904 over original entrance. Rock-faced calciferous sandstone with red sandstone quoins, eaves cornice with modillions, all on large red sandstone plinth. Hipped graduated greenslate roof with red sandstone ashlar chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 7 bays, with flanking single-storey, 4-bay wings. 2-storey theatre adjoins to left forming overall L-shape. Double panelled doors in eared architrave under console-bracketed hood. Window left of entrance is in a blocked dated doorway. Sash windows with glazing bars in red sandstone architraves, those on ground-floor with arched heads and false keystones. Window over entrance is under large segmental pediment with Latin inscription. Wings have sash windows in red sandstone surrounds. Theatre has C20 ground-floor doorways and windows in original architraves. Principal entrance has alternate-block surround under Venetian window and gable niche. Left return wall has blocked windows, 2 with round arches. Roof has prominent lead and stucco cupola. Rear brick extensions are not of interest." |
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 BUO36.jpg (taken 13.5.2011) |
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