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| Carlisle: Lloyds Bank | ||
| Lloyds Bank | ||
| Carlisle Post Office | ||
| Post Office | ||
| Gretna Tavern | ||
| Street:- | Lowther Street | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bank | |
| locality type:- | inn (once) | |
| locality type:- | post office (once) | |
| coordinates:- | NY40265578 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4055 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 3) placename:- Athenaeum |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Trustee Savings Bank placename:- Athenaeum placename:- Carlisle Savings Bank |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANK AND ATTACHED RAILINGS / / LOWTHER STREET / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 386805 / NY4026355779" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Formerly known as: Carlisle Savings Bank LOWTHER STREET." "Athenaeum now bank. 1840, for the subscribers, by Arthur and George Williams of Liverpool. Calciferous sandstone ashlar (from Prudhoe Quarries) on chamfered plinth, with giant order pilasters and Corinthian capitals; moulded entablature, modillioned cornice and parapet, partly balustraded with central festoon and flanking head panels. Graduated slate roof without chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Recessed end bays have C20 panelled doors and overlight in architraves under bracketed cornice; small sash windows above in stone architraves with moulded sill bands under festoon panels. Central 3 bays have sash windows with glazing bars in stone architraves on bracketed moulded sills under console-bracketed cornices. Upper floor sash windows with glazing bars in eared architraves on moulded sill bands." "INTERIOR entirely gutted in 1988 (had been altered in 1874 and 1929). The railings in front are 1988." "HISTORY: references to the construction of the building are in the Carlisle Journal (1839, 1840 and 1845). For details of costs and later sale see Mannix &Whellan (1847). Opened in 1874 as part of the adjoining Post Office. Became part of the Gretna Tavern in 1916 and front part converted into Savings Bank by JH Martindale 9 July 1929. Has an impressive facade when viewed down Devonshire Street." "Carlisle Journal: 2 February 1839; Carlisle Journal: 2 May 1840" "Carlisle Journal: 18 January 1845" "Mannix and Whellan: Directory of Cumberland: 1847-: P.140" |
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